First Fruit
Isaac Rosenberg 1890 (Bristol) – 1918 (Somme)
I did not pluck at all,
And I am sorry now :
The garden is not barred
But the boughs are heavy with snow,
The flake-blossoms thickly fall
And the hid roots sigh, 'How long will our flowers be marred ?'
Strange as a bird were dumb,
Strange as a hueless leaf.
As one deaf hungers to hear,
Or gazes without belief,
The fruit yearned 'Fingers, come !'
0, shut hands, be empty another year.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXBXAB CDXDCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 383 |
Words | 76 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
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