Notes about Plums – (Poem is not on website)<\/p>\n
A brief note appears below, to set the poem in context for A-level Literature students. I will add a Q & A section if suitable questions arise.<\/p>\n
This is a love poem, but it is also about a year when our plum trees produced a particularly abundant crop of fruit, as happens every few years. The poem celebrates the moment lived fully, and the final line recognises that the joy and the beautiful summer won’t last forever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Notes about Plums – (Poem is not on website) A brief note appears below, to set the poem in context for A-level Literature students. I will add a Q & A section if suitable questions arise. This is a love poem, but it is also about a year when our plum trees produced a particularly… Continue reading Plums<\/span>