Winter by Marie Van Vorst (1909)

Name: Winter
Author: Marie Van Vorst

“Winter” contrasts the harshness of a stormy shore—sand, sea, gulls, wind, and bending trees—with the warmth of two lovers’ companionship. Though winter rules the weather and birds flee the storm, the pair care neither for summer nor winter so long as they can live and love closely together beside the sand and sea.

By Marie Van Vorst · First published 1909 · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Nature Poetry · 116 words

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Sand and sea, and white gull's fluttering feather / Down upon the beach, the salt pool's fee. / Birds have left to storm and the wind's tether / Sand and Sea.

Warm and bright those southern ports may be, / Here, the ribald winter rules the weather / Crying in the bending, tossing tree:

We are two -- sweetheart -- and care not whether / Summer reign, or Winter -- so that we / Live and love, as close as kiss together / Sand and Sea.

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Work type: Poem
Author: Marie Van Vorst
Date: 1909 CE
Language: English
Genres: Lyric Poetry, Love Poetry, Nature Poetry, Winter Poetry, Romantic Poetry
Length: 116 words
Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs

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Lyric Poetry — The work is a short, highly musical poem centered on a concentrated emotional moment, using refrain, rhythm, and evocative imagery rather than narrative development.
Love Poetry — Its central theme is romantic devotion: the speakers value being together and loving one another above seasonal discomfort or external conditions.
Nature Poetry — The poem foregrounds coastal and winter imagery, including sand, sea, gulls, wind, storm, trees, and seasonal weather.
Winter Poetry — Winter is personified as a harsh force that rules the weather, creating the poem's principal atmospheric and thematic contrast with warmth and intimacy.