Song for Autumn
Song for Autumn - meaning Summary
Autumn's Longing for Change
The poem imagines autumn as a season of shared longing and preparation. Leaves, trees, flowers, water, animals, wind, and firewood are given desires as the landscape moves toward winter. Rather than treating cold and decay as purely bleak, the speaker presents them as part of a natural cycle: things seek rest, shelter, transformation, or a return to the earth.
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