Sing Again by Marie Van Vorst (1911)

Name: Sing Again
Author: Marie Van Vorst

The speaker asks a beloved person to repeat a song sung at the close of the previous year. Though the speaker cannot recall its name or words, its refrain has remained alive in memory like birdsong heard through an open spring window. That remembered music has threaded warmth and brightness through the year’s cold, dark days. As another year begins and the birds of spring are absent, the speaker finds spring instead in the other person’s sunlit eyes and heart, and again pleads: “Sing again!”

By Marie Van Vorst · First published 1911 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Romantic Poetry · 201 words

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You sang me a song, / 'Twas the close of the year, / Sing again! / I do not remember the name / Or the words, / 'Tis the same / You listen to hear / When the window is open in spring / And the air's full of birds; / One calls from the branch some rare thing / And one sings on the wing / The refrain.

You sang me a song, / My heart thrilled to hear. / The refrain / Has run like a fillet of gold / Through the woof / Of the cold, / Dark days of this year. / To-night there's a year at its start, / The birds are aloof: / But your eyes hold the sun for my part / And the Spring's in your heart, / Sing again!

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Work type: Poem
Author: Marie Van Vorst
Date: 1911 CE
Language: English
Genres: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Nature Poetry, New Year Poetry
Length: 201 words
Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)

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Genres

Lyric Poetry — A brief, musical first-person poem centered on personal feeling, memory, and the emotional resonance of a remembered song.
Love Poetry — The speaker addresses a beloved whose song, eyes, and inner spring provide warmth, comfort, and renewal during a dark year.
Romantic Poetry — Its idealized beloved, heightened emotion, natural imagery, and association of love with spring align with Romantic poetic conventions.
Nature Poetry — Birdsong, open windows, branches, flight, sunlight, winter darkness, and spring form the poem's central imagery and emotional symbolism.