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Original poem reprinted online here: "The Poplar" by Richard Aldington Originally read: December 26, 2012 More information about the Poet: Richard Aldington Weirdly enough, after reading this again, the first thing that pops up in my head is the use of exact color.  "White" is mentioned four times in the poem referring to "stream" "wind" "lining" "mist" "road" and the image just stays as "description" well perhaps. "between the white stream and the road" "I know that the white wind loves you," "The white lining of your green petticoat" "the white mist curling and hesitating / like a bashful lover around your knees." "And go walking down the white road" So I've been trying to figure out if there just description or if they add another element (that's not my interpretation to the color) to it.  And all I can think of is "white lining" is the ...