Now Autumn's fire burns slowly along the woods And day by day the dead leaves fall and melt.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The poem observes the slow decline of autumn leaves and the changing woods.
- In plain terms
- Autumn burns slowly as leaves fall and melt in the woods.
- What can you take from it?
- Change in nature is gradual and visible over time.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does nature change for you?
- What does autumn mean?
Another view
The description is passive and does not explain the emotional weight of the scene.
More from William Allingham
Winds and waters keep A hush more dead than any sleep.
Permalink to quote #2 Autumn's the mellow time.
Permalink to quote #4 Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-hunting, For fear of little men.
Permalink to quote #1
Related quotes
The old Old winds that blew When chaos was, what do They tell the clattered trees that I Should weep?
Adelaide CrapseyAdelaide Crapsey quote #1 The pale stars are gone! For the sun, their swift shepherd, To their folds them compelling, In the depths of the dawn, Hastes, in meteor-eclipsing array, and t…
Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley quote #78 I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die.
Percy Bysshe ShelleyPercy Bysshe Shelley quote #115