Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Time Quotes
The force that through the green fuse drives the flowerDrives my green age; that blasts the roots of treesIs my destroyer.[…] My youth is bent by the same wintry fever. (1-3, 5)
Death Quotes
The force […][…] that blasts the roots of treesis my destroyer. (1-3)
Youth Quotes
The force that through the green fuse drives the flower (1)
Man and the Natural World Quotes
The force that through the green fuse drives the flowerDrives my green age; that blasts the roots of treesIs my destroyer. (1-3)