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Hasan Abdullah English Blackberry Picking The poem Blackberry Picking is basically based on childhood memories of the summer days spent blackberry picking. This poem is set in late August when the sunshine and rain of July have gone by and it going to soon approach fall, so it describes it as the right time. The first stanza sets the scene of the poet's childhood experience and the cheerfulness that the child feels in particular. The word choice "glossy purple," "its flesh was so sweet," emphasises the child's desire for these long awaited treasures. The first stanza is in a relaxed tone detailing the initial build up of the ripening berries and the pleasure received once their taste was "leaving stains on their tongues." The word hunger in the end of the first stanza tells us that they were very anxious and just too happy, like they were dieing for it. The gradual...

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