I’m not usually interested in poetry. Figurative language doesn’t make much sense to me.

I’m a straightforward, literal person. I prefer for someone to just tell me what they mean, rather than use fancy techniques to make me figure it out.

Recently, I saw a quote posted on a blog:

“But he that dares not grasp the thorn
Should never crave the rose.”

I was intrigued, so I searched online to find out more. (If it’s not obvious why I like the quote, look at the title of my blog.)

I discovered that the quote is actually a line from a poem written by Anne Brontë.

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