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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GRASSHOPPERS, by JOHN CLARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
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
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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