November
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- This line emphasizes that as November approaches, the golden hours of the day start to fade away. Sunlight becomes a rarity and fades into obscurity. The time period of late October usually marks the end of summer. As the seasons transition into autumn, the warm sunlight begins to fade away. Not only does the sunlight begin to leave, but also our memories. This symbolizes coming into a new seasonal period while reminiscing on what once was.
- The golden days of late October fade
- The lack of sunlight following the colder months of the year is described as bleak iron skies. The golden days from late October have faded and leave those with a more solemn sky. This line expresses the feelings of sadness associated with the lack of sunlight during autumn. The happier, warmer days of summer are now curtained behind iron skies. This line associates fall weather with melancholy. The same sun that brought more joyful times has now seemingly been blocked behind a layer of cold iron.
- As bleak November's iron skies descend.
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- Lorna Davis often uses Personification in 'November'. The sunlight is described as a companion that has left us. It has once besieged us with its heat but is now cold and tired. This metaphor is used to emphasize the golden days of October fading away as we see the sunlight leave us for a more bleak season. This poetic device helps the reader better understand the solemn feeling that comes with the end of summer. What was once a golden time has become a quiet cold autumn. This sets the stage for the events to come after a warmer season.
- The theme as characterized by the following lines appears to be, cherish the times that have brought happiness and warmth as they will inevitably fade. The times of warmth and happiness are characterized as the sun. Eventually as we transition from summer to autumn, the sunlight will retreat and become hidden by a sky of clouds.
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- Before the turn, the poem expresses the beginnings of November as the late days of October go by. They are marked by sunlight fading away, and gray clouds lining the skies. The weather seems to become more chilling as memories from summer become nothing but a familiar moment in time. The lines following the turn appear to be "The sunlight that besieged us with its heat, Now leans against the south walls, cold and tired." After this turn, the poem expresses the emotions that are associated with the events in autumn. The wistful longing, the quiet cold, and the golden age that has expired. The poet urges readers to embrace the time that remains. Autumn as well as summer. will soon be nothing but a faded memory.
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- This line expresses the need to cherish whatever time remains as it will not last. The fun times had in the summer seem to fade quickly. It is important to embrace whatever time remains as it will eventually come to an end. This is a common motif in this poem. Both the sunlight brought by the golden ages and the memories associated with it will soon fade.
- Embrace what time remains; it will not last.
- This line from the poem summarizes a key concept and much of the theme that surrounds 'November'. The summer is described as a golden age, similar to an empire that was once standing strong. Eventually the empire must fall and crumble leaving nothing, but memories of what once was. If the time of the golden age is not embraced, then autumn too will become ancient past.
- Your autumn, too, will soon be ancient past.
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