Apple and Rose
Karle Wilson Baker 1878 (Little Rock) – 1960
My little daughter is a tea-rose,
Satin to the touch,
Wine to the lips,
And a faint, delirious perfume.
But my little son
Is a June apple,
Firm and cool,
And scornful of too much sweetness,
But full of tang and flavor
And better than bread to the hungry.
O wild winds, and clumsy, pilfering bees,
With the whole world to be wanton in,
Will you not spare my little tea-rose?
And O ruthless blind creatures,
Who lay eggs of evil at the core of life,
Pass by my one red apple,
That is so firm and sound!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLAMNFO |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 492 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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