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English poetry Quotes
Four of the best book quotes about english poetry
01
“When spring comes, it’s time for the root children wake up; snowdrop, forget-me-not, buttercup, daisy and poppy to wake up! There are new dresses to sew, and insects to be painted.”
Sibylle Olfers
author
The Story of the Root-Children
book
Buttercup
character
to wake up
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English poetry
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snowdrop
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daisys
concepts
02
“Down in the water-meadows Riley, spread his wash on the bramble-thorn, sat, one foot in the moving water, bare as the day that he was born.”
Charles Causley
author
Figgie Hobbin
book
poems
ᐧ
children poems
ᐧ
bramble-thorn
ᐧ
English poetry
concepts
03
“Bring me some Figgie Hobbin!” - a Cornish plum pudding which is both sweet and savoury - orders the old King of Cornwall.
Charles Causley
author
Figgie Hobbin
book
King of Cornwall
character
to bring
ᐧ
English poetry
ᐧ
Cornish plum pudding
concepts
04
“Candid was his curling whisker, brown his body as an old tree-limb, blue his eyes as the jay above him watching him watch the minjies swim.”
Charles Causley
author
Figgie Hobbin
book
English poetry
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curling whisker
ᐧ
old tree-limb
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blue his eyes
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