This 3 line poem by John Keats compares life to a fragile dewdrop that forms on a tree's highest leaves and must make its way down, facing the peril of disappearing before reaching the ground. The poem uses the imagery of a dewdrop to represent the transience and precariousness of human life.
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1. Life is but a day:
A fragile dewdrop on its perilious way
From a tree's summit
John Keats