Teint Neutre by Edith Nesbit (1902)
The story takes place on a gray and rainy day, evoking feelings of melancholy and nostalgia. The narrator reminisces about a past time of beauty and happiness, now lost, and wonders if it ever truly existed or was just a dream. The passage describes the desolate landscape, devoid of life and color, mirroring the narrator's emotional state.
By Edith Nesbit · First published 1902 · Genre: Poetry, Romantic, Nature · 157 words
First lines
Wide downs all gray, with gray of clouds roofed over, Chill fields stripped naked of their gown of grain, Small fields of rain-wet grass and close-grown clover, Wet, wind-blown trees -- and, over all, the rain.
Does memory lie? For Hope her missal closes So far away the may and roses seem; Ah! was there ever a garden red with roses? Ah! were you ever mine save in a dream?
So long it is since Spring, the skylark waking Heard her own praises in his perfect strain; Low hang the clouds, the sad year's heart is breaking, And mine, my heart -- and, over all, the rain.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Edith Nesbit
- Date: 1902 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Romantic, Nature
- Length: 157 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)
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Genres
- Poetry — The text is written in verse form, with a rhythmic structure and rhyme scheme, typical of poetry.
- Romantic — The text explores themes of longing, memory, and unfulfilled love, common in romantic literature.
- Nature — The text heavily features imagery of the natural world, such as fields, rain, and seasons, characteristic of nature literature.
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