Twilight Night by Christina Georgina Rossetti
A speaker remembers clasping hands with someone before they parted for separate lands, and imagines greeting them the same way if they meet again and have not forgotten. In the second section, a voice longs to follow the heart to those awaited and renews a daily watch in hope and sorrow.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Melancholic Poetry · 323 words
First lines
I.
We met, hand to hand, / We clasped hands close and fast, / As close as oak and ivy stand; / But it is past: / Come day, come night, day comes at last.
Genres
- Lyric Poetry — Two sections of rhymed stanzas voice personal memories of clasped hands, a conditional reunion, and longing during a daily watch.
- Melancholic Poetry — The remembered separation is followed by wistful waiting, with yesterday's hope and sorrow recurring today.
Tags
parting · longing · reunion · remembrance · waiting
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Melancholic Poetry
- Length: 323 words
- Structure: 1 section, 8 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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