There Lies the Heat of Summer

There Lies the Heat of Summer - meaning Summary

Seasons as Emotional States

This short lyric uses seasonal imagery to contrast outward appearance and inner feeling. The speaker observes warmth on the beloved’s cheek but a coldness in their heart, then predicts a reversal: the external winter will come to the cheek while inner warmth will grow. The poem frames emotional change as natural and inevitable, offering a tender assurance that intimacy will transform the beloved’s affections over time.