The Flowers of Autumn Days
The Flowers of Autumn Days - meaning Summary
Bittersweet Late-flowering Memory
Pushkin’s brief poem contrasts autumn flowers with early plains blooms, claiming later flowers feel sweeter because they evoke a stronger, slightly sad impression. It equates intensified pleasure with the sharper pain of separation, suggesting that maturity and memory deepen feeling. The lines distill a meditation on time, loss, and the bittersweet quality of later joy versus the simple sweetness of first delights.
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