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Eden Rock

An old man sees his dead parents at a picnic, young again, waiting for him.

2 key quotes from Eden Rock, by Causley. Learn this one first: “They are waiting for me somewhere beyond Eden Rock” (Causley, Eden Rock).

This poem in five words

Deadparentswaitacrossstream

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The quotes

2 big quotes in this poem.

They are waiting for me somewhere beyond Eden Rock

Causley · Eden Rock · parents and children · memory · loss

His dead parents at a picnic, young again. He is old. They wait across a stream.

I had not thought that it would be like this

Causley · Eden Rock · loss · memory

The last line, on its own. Death, or memory, is not what he expected.

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