A Wintry Sonnet
Christina Rossetti
A Robin said: The Spring will never come,
And I shall never care to build again.
A Rosebush said: These frosts are wearisome,
My sap will never stir for sun or rain.
The half Moon said: These nights are fogged and slow,
I neither care to wax nor care to wane.
The Ocean said: I thirst from long ago,
Because earth's rivers cannot fill the main.
When Springtime came, red Robin built a nest,
And trilled a lover's song in sheer delight.
Grey hoarfrost vanished, and the Rose with might
Clothed her in leaves and buds of crimson core.
The dim Moon brightened. Ocean sunned his crest,
Dimpled his blue, yet thirsted evermore.
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Weather is used in this poem when it shows the changes that occurred when winter morphs into spring. Christina Rossetti explained what was altered when the seasons changed. For example, the Robin had said, "The Spring will never come, and I shall never care to build again." He had said that during the winter. However, when spring arrived, the Robin was once again able to build his nest. Rossetti's knowledge of weather helped enhance this poem because if she didn't know what happened to rosebushes, robins, the half moon, or the ocean when spring came around, the poem wouldn't be as great as it is. In this poem, the weather discussed is the cold, harsh weather of winter that eventually became the warm, inviting weather of spring. Since the poem is mainly about the weather changing, without the mention of weather the poem would be extremely different; in fact, it wouldn't be anything. Rossetti used personification and rhyme in her poem. She used personification creatively to write her poem, and she used rhyme to give the words a steady flow. Although this poem didn't teach me any new facts about weather, I still enjoyed reading this great sonnet by Christina Rossetti.
Christina Rossetti
A Robin said: The Spring will never come,
And I shall never care to build again.
A Rosebush said: These frosts are wearisome,
My sap will never stir for sun or rain.
The half Moon said: These nights are fogged and slow,
I neither care to wax nor care to wane.
The Ocean said: I thirst from long ago,
Because earth's rivers cannot fill the main.
When Springtime came, red Robin built a nest,
And trilled a lover's song in sheer delight.
Grey hoarfrost vanished, and the Rose with might
Clothed her in leaves and buds of crimson core.
The dim Moon brightened. Ocean sunned his crest,
Dimpled his blue, yet thirsted evermore.
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Weather is used in this poem when it shows the changes that occurred when winter morphs into spring. Christina Rossetti explained what was altered when the seasons changed. For example, the Robin had said, "The Spring will never come, and I shall never care to build again." He had said that during the winter. However, when spring arrived, the Robin was once again able to build his nest. Rossetti's knowledge of weather helped enhance this poem because if she didn't know what happened to rosebushes, robins, the half moon, or the ocean when spring came around, the poem wouldn't be as great as it is. In this poem, the weather discussed is the cold, harsh weather of winter that eventually became the warm, inviting weather of spring. Since the poem is mainly about the weather changing, without the mention of weather the poem would be extremely different; in fact, it wouldn't be anything. Rossetti used personification and rhyme in her poem. She used personification creatively to write her poem, and she used rhyme to give the words a steady flow. Although this poem didn't teach me any new facts about weather, I still enjoyed reading this great sonnet by Christina Rossetti.
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