Approach of Winter
Approach of Winter - context Summary
Included in Spring and All
This short poem appears in Williams' collection Spring and All (1923). It registers the literal arrival of colder weather through a spare sequence of images: wind-stripped trees, reluctant or driven leaves, and the bright, persistent salvias at the garden edge. The plain, observational language compresses seasonal change into a single scene, juxtaposing decay and a stubborn, colorful remnant that punctuates the otherwise bare landscape.
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