Harvest Sunset
Harvest Sunset - meaning Summary
Evening Harvest and Simple Joy
The poem presents a brief, vivid scene at dusk on a farm, focusing on colors and quiet domestic life. Sunset light—described as red gold—frames harvested fields while animals and workers finish their labors. The repeated lines contrast communal roles and landscape, then shift to small human sounds: the farmer’s wife singing and boy whistling. The speaker participates modestly, washing hands and savoring the evening glow as a simple, restorative close of day.
Read Complete AnalysesRED gold of pools, Sunset furrows six o'clock, And the farmer done in the fields And the cows in the barns with bulging udders. Take the cows and the farmer, Take the barns and bulging udders. Leave the red gold of pools And sunset furrows six o'clock. The farmer's wife is singing. The farmer's boy is whistling. I wash my hands in red gold of pools.
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