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The short poem presented here was first published in Roberts' collection โThe Book of the Nativeโ in 1896. Set in the cold and silent month of February, it captures the tension between winterโs stillness and the hidden vitality of the coming spring.
Right from the beginning, the author creates a dark and gloomy atmosphere of a harsh winterโs night. The spell she is seemingly under is a โtyrantโ that completely paralyzes her. Yet at the same time, thereโs something resilient about the poet.
In this post you can read Carl Sandburgโs Halloween-themed poem โTheme in Yellow.โ It's a playful, festive, and deeply evocative poem - unusually written from the perspective of a pumpkin!
In her poem โSeptemberโ, the American poet Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885) celebrates the gorgeous month that provides us with the best of two seasons.
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