Famous Nature Poem

Ruby Archer's "Spring Tidings" is a celebration of the imminent arrival of spring, despite the weatherman's insistence on winter's hold. The poem effectively employs poetic devices such as contrast, personification, symbolism, and repetition to convey the speaker's deep connection with nature and their ability to perceive the subtle signs of spring emerging amidst winter's remnants. The speaker's keen observation, highlighted by the personified tree roots and the symbolic daffodil, challenges the weatherman's authority and underscores the power of nature's resilience.

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Spring Tidings

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A world of snow, and winter yet,
    The weather-man decrees.
He listens to the bragging wind,
    I hearken roots of trees.
It thawed of late, and roots lay out
    Along the way I take;
I heard them deeply sigh, as does
    A dreamer soon to wake.
And lo—upon my windowsill
Opens a yellow daffodil.

Gold-armored herald of the spring,
    Come privately to tell
That snow is but the calyx warm,
    The bud begins to swell.
So weather-man, go prophesy,
    And credulous, go hear—
My herald gives your gloom the lie,
    I know that Spring is near!
For lo—upon my windowsill
Opens a yellow daffodil.

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