Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:adaptations included in anthologies
gptkbp:analysis celebrates beauty
explores mortality
reflects on time
gptkbp:artistic_vision nature imagery
gptkbp:author gptkb:A._E._Housman
gptkbp:contains_song gptkb:4
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gptkbp:context Victorian era poetry
gptkbp:critical_reception well-regarded
studied in schools
gptkbp:cultural_significance celebration of spring
appreciation of nature
reflection on life
gptkbp:form lyric poem
gptkbp:has_units iambic tetrameter
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Loveliest of Trees, the Cherry Now
gptkbp:influence gptkb:literature
modern poetry
gptkbp:inspiration nature
gptkbp:line And we may gaze upon the cherry now.
Loveliest of trees, the cherry now
gptkbp:literary_devices gptkb:metaphor
gptkb:personification
alliteration
gptkbp:mood reflective
gptkbp:notable_quote ' A tree that looks at God all day'
' And since to look at things in bloom'
' If we could see the cherry now'
' Now, of my threescore years and ten'
gptkbp:number_of_lines gptkb:20
gptkbp:published_in gptkb:A_Shropshire_Lad
gptkbp:setting gptkb:spring
gptkbp:sound nostalgic
gptkbp:style lyrical
gptkbp:symbolism cherry tree
gptkbp:theme the beauty of nature
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Collected_Poems_of_A._E._Housman
gptkb:A_Shropshire_Lad
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6