"Seed"By: Kathleen Raine

From star to star, from sun and spring and leaf,And almost audible flowers whose sound is silence,And in the common meadows, springs the seed of life.

Now the lilies open, and the roseReleased by summer from the harmless gravesThat, centuries deep, are in the air we breathe,And in our earth, and in our daily bread.

External and innate dimensions holdThe living forms, but not the force of life;For that interior and holy treeThat in the heart of hearts outlives the worldSpreads earthly shade into eternity.

From star to star, from sun and spring and leaf,And almost audible flowers whose sound is silence,And in the common meadows, springs the seed of life.

Audible Flower: personification as if flower was a person.Seed of life: personification as if a seed was life.

Stanza 1

Now the lilies open, and the roseReleased by summer from the harmless gravesThat, centuries deep, are in the air we breathe,And in our earth, and in our daily bread.

That, centuries deep, are in the air we breathe,: This metaphor what is trying to say is that although years past the essence of past years is still in the air we breathe.

Stanza 2

External and innate dimensions holdThe living forms, but not the force of life;For that interior and holy treeThat in the heart of hearts outlives the worldSpreads earthly shade into eternity.

Innate: existing from birth.Earthly: of or relating to the earth.

Stanza 3

Theme: Nature, life, love to nature.Tone: Happy, life, in love.Powerful phrase: SEED OF LIFE.For us the poem is full of joy, happiness, "love in the air", love for nature. She see nature as love and life.