Answer July
poem 386
Answer July - meaning Summary
Seasons in Dialogue
The poem stages months and natural elements as speakers in a short, playful dialogue. Each stanza asks where seasonal signs have gone—bees, blooms, hay, seeds—and other months respond with their own questions or refusals, revealing a chain of dependence among spring, summer, and autumn. The final line, spoken by Year, gathers the dispersed queries and implies a cyclical whole: individual moments of nature may vanish or be delayed, but they belong to a recurring temporal order. The tone is inquisitive and lightly ironic, emphasizing change and interconnection across seasons.
Read Complete AnalysesAnswer July Where is the Bee Where is the Blush Where is the Hay? Ah, said July Where is the Seed Where is the Bud Where is the May Answer Thee Me Nay said the May Show me the Snow Show me the Bells Show me the Jay! Quibbled the Jay Where be the Maize Where be the Haze Where be the Bur? Here said the Year
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