The Name of It Is ‘Autumn’
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The Name of It Is ‘Autumn’ - meaning Summary
Autumn as Bodily Landscape
Dickinson imagines autumn as a living bleed: landscapes become arteries, roads turn into veins, and leaves and winds fling "scarlet rain" across the town. The poem collapses bodily and natural imagery to make the season feel simultaneously beautiful and violent, suggesting circulation, decay, and vivid color as intertwined processes. Its compact metaphors transform familiar fall scenes into a startling, corporeal panorama of change.
Read Complete AnalysesThe name of it is ‘Autumn’ The hue of it is Blood An Artery upon the Hill A Vein along the Road Great Globules in the Alleys And Oh, the Shower of Stain When Winds upset the Basin And spill the Scarlet Rain It sprinkles Bonnets far below It gathers ruddy Pools Then eddies like a Rose away Upon Vermilion Wheels
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