Rose Is a Rose...Etc.

Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
Loveliness extreme.
Extra gaiters,
Loveliness extreme.
Sweetest ice-cream.

From the poem Sacred Emily by Gertrude Stein, 1913

When asked about it, Ms. Stein said:

"What did I do? I caressed completely caressed and addressed a noun. I think in that line the rose is red for the first time in English poetry for a hundred years."