The Rose by Marie Van Vorst (1910)
The speaker mourns a lost love or vanished happiness that can never return in any season. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter cannot restore the former mingling of joy and pain. Although today’s roses are “thornless” and untouched by tears, the beloved will never again see the particular rose once worn.
By Marie Van Vorst · First published 1910 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Elegiac Poetry · 118 words
First lines
Never again, Dearest, oh never more! / Not in the spring-time's swift enchanted reign, / Shall hope to hope, shall love to love implore, / Never again!
Not in the summer -- nor when autumn's wane / Blows the dry leaves along earth's windy floor, / Nor in the winter: that strange joy and pain
No seasons' circle ever can restore. / The roses of to-day no tears shall stain, -- / They're thornless! You shall see the rose you wore / Never again!
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Marie Van Vorst
- Date: 1910 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Elegiac Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Nature Poetry
- Length: 118 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
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Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The work is a short, musical first-person poem focused on concentrated emotional expression rather than narrative development.
- Love Poetry — It addresses a beloved directly and mourns the permanent end of shared hope, love, and intimate remembrance.
- Elegiac Poetry — Its repeated declaration of 'Never again' and its emphasis on irrecoverable joy give the poem a grieving, farewell-like tone.
- Romantic Poetry — The poem relies on intense feeling, direct address, seasonal imagery, and the rose as a symbol of love and loss.
Tags
fiction · romance · love story · early 20th century · American literature · women's fiction · social drama · domestic life · society · marriage · relationships · emotional conflict