Memory of April

Memory of April - meaning Summary

Love Denied by Weather

The speaker answers someone who defines love through pastoral images, listing poplar tassels, willow tendrils and wind-driven rain. Rather than accepting that equation, the speaker registers ordinary, even harsh details—branches drifting apart, repeated tinkles and drips—and ends in blunt denial: love has not visited this country. The poem compresses a skeptical, local voice that refuses sentimental transfer from nature to feeling, insisting on emotional absence.