The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Late autumn brings cold winds and brown fields marking a sad season.
- In plain terms
- Late autumn is sad with wind and brown woods.
- What can you take from it?
- Recognize sadness in seasonal change.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do seasons affect you?
- What makes a season sad?
Another view
Others find autumn beautiful rather than sad.
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