The Rose Tree is a poem fictionalizing a conversation between two leaders of the Easter Rising in Ireland in 1916. James Connolly and Padraig Pearse are represented in verse discussing the upcoming rebellion and its possible outcomes. They debate over the nature of freedom and the meaning of Ireland as a nation before digressing into a discussion on the morality of war. The poem is deeply rooted in Irish nationalism.
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