SeedBy Kathleen Raine

The poemFrom star to star, from sun and spring and leaf,And almost audible flowers whose sound is silence,And in the common meadows, springs the seed of life.

Now the lilies open, and the roseReleased by summer from the harmless gravesThat, centuries deep, are in the air we breathe,And in our earth, and in our daily bread.

External and innate dimensions holdThe living forms, but not the force of life;For that interior and holy treeThat in the heart of hearts outlives the worldSpreads earthly shade into eternity.

Comparison with “Passion”This poem is very similar compared to “Passion” because it has representations that involve nature. It talks about the nature in all her forms and the force that it make related with the common life and the day by day, and in “Passion” it talks about nature as a person that help the voice.

Literary devicesTheme:Forms of nature ex: “From star to star, from sun and spring and leaf,And almost audible flowers whose sound is silence”

Voice:A lover of nature, because it talks about nature as a god.

Tone: Adoration

Images: Visual: “Now the lilies open”

Stanzas: 3

Anaphora: “And” ex.: “And almost audible flowers whose sound is silence” “And in the common meadows, springs the seed of life” “And in our earth, and in our daily bread”