Winter Rain by Christina Georgina Rossetti
Rain soaking the valleys promises spring growth: buds will open to shelter nesting birds, and grass will feed sheep and lambs. Without these showers, the speaker imagines barren sand, with no flowers, grazing animals, or children.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti · Genre: Nature Poetry, Seasonal Poetry · 253 words
First lines
Every valley drinks, / Every dell and hollow: / Where the kind rain sinks and sinks, / Green of Spring will follow.
Yet a lapse of weeks / Buds will burst their edges, / Strip their wool-coats, glue-coats, streaks, / In the woods and hedges;
Weave a bower of love / For birds to meet each other, / Weave a canopy above / Nest and egg and mother.
But for fattening rain / We should have no flowers, / Never a bud or leaf again / But for soaking showers;
Genres
- Nature Poetry — The rhymed stanzas trace how rain sustains buds, flowers, nesting birds, grazing sheep, moss, and meadow grass.
- Seasonal Poetry — Rain precedes the greening of spring, with buds expected to open after several weeks.
Tags
rain · spring growth · buds · nesting birds · sheep · wildflowers
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Nature Poetry, Seasonal Poetry
- Length: 253 words
- Structure: 1 section, 8 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)
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