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GRASSHOPPERS by JOHN CLARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: GRASSHOPPERS GO IN MANY A THRUMMING SPRING
Last Line: HE SPRINGS, THAT BENDS UNTIL THEY TOUCH THE GROUND.
Subject(s): ENVIRONMENT; FIELDS; GRASSHOPPERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION; PASTURES; MEADOWS; LEAS;
Grasshoppers go in many a thrumming spring
And now to stalks of tasselled sour-grass cling,
That shakes and sways awhile, but still keeps straight,
While arching oxeye doubles with his weight.
Next on the cat-tail grass with farther bound
He springs, that bends until they touch the ground.



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