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‘The Way Through the Woods’ by Rudyard Kipling describes the changes that have come over one particular plot of forest. The poem begins with the speaker stating that there used to be a road in the woods here.
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A nostalgic poem about a forgotten road in the woods, where nature has reclaimed its territory and only the keeper remembers it. The poem evokes the past and the present with vivid imagery and sounds of the woods.
May 3, 2020 · The Way Through the Woods precedes the story “Marklake Witches” which is about a girl named Una who meets another girl named Philadelphia (Phill). Here’s how the story connects with the poem. Phill has tuberculosis and is about to die.
A nostalgic and haunting poem about a forgotten road in the woods, where nature has reclaimed its territory and only the keeper remembers it. The poem evokes the sounds and images of the past and the present, and the contrast between the wild and the civilized.
The Way through the Woods. They shut the road through the woods. Seventy years ago. Weather and rain have undone it again, And now you would never know. There was once a road through the woods. Before they planted the trees. It is underneath the coppice and heath, And the thin anemones.
A nostalgic poem about a forgotten road through the woods, where nature has reclaimed its territory and only the keeper remembers it. Listen to the poem read by Simon Armitage and explore its themes of time, memory and loss.
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A nostalgic poem about a forgotten road through the woods, where only the keeper and the animals remember its existence. Listen to the poem read by the editors or the poet, and explore other poems by Kipling and other poets.
