Flower Poem HomeworkBy Ollie Ayers

William Shakespeare

A Midsummer Night's Dream

I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,

Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,

Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,

With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine: 

There sleeps Titania sometime of the night,

Lull'd in these flowers with dances and delight;

And there the snake throws her enamell’d skin

Weed wide enough to wrap a fairy in.

WILD THYME - Thyme is a small and fragrant evergreen

perennial shrub which has purple flowers. It is a herb.

OXLIP – A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers that grows up to 12” tall.

VIOLET - Are from the Viola family, are purple and are herbaceous.

WOODBINE - Are also called Honeysuckle. It is a deciduous climbing plant with colourful flowers.

MUSK ROSE – A prickly shrub bush with colourful perfumed flowers.

EGLANTINE – Also known as Sweet Briar. It is a type of Rose and is usually pink or white.

The End