Lyric Poem · Nature
The Blossom
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“The Blossom” by William Blake — quilloak.com/poems/the-blossom
Quick facts
- Poem
- The Blossom
- Poet
- William Blake
- Length
- 12 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Nature, Childhood
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 12 lines · one 12-line stanza
- Line length
- Lines run 4-6 syllables (median 6), consistent with trimeter. No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
- Refrains
- “Under leaves so green”“A happy blossom”“Near my bosom.”Repeated lines act as the poem's hinge or drumbeat.
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Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
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- Author record
- William Blake1757–1827
- Source record
- PoetryDBThe Blossom by william-blake, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 cbbeb42a94104a19…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.