Spring and Fall-Reflective

Tara Wilson

Intro to lit

October 26, 2011

 Spring and Fall-reflective

             The poem called Spring and Fall was written by Gerard Manely Hopens. He poem had sort of a lyrical rhythm. Each line has like four beats, which is neat.  This poem is about a young girl named Margaret and how she is grieving over a place she seems to be very attached to.  What I got from the lines is that, Margret is upset because the seasons are changing, making the place she loved so much look entirely different. She is thinking about the leavings calling as spring changes into fall. The leaves falling off, is just one of the noticeable changes when these seasons change.  Margret is grieving over Goldengrove unleaving. These thoughts are childish, but I can relate in two different ways. I live in Pennsylvania and I know what it’s like to experience real seasons. I love Spring and fall because of the leaves changing and falling off, and just the warm but chilly weather.  I love being able to wear boots or flip-flops, either or if I wanted to.  As Spring and fall pass into winter, I feel my mood changes. I don’t enjoy winter up north. I feel like it’s always gloomy out which makes me just want to stay in bed. I also think we can all relate to Margret in way. I feel we can relate the leaves falling to life. We all watch ourselves and others around us, grow up and then die. Each way we should live like we are dying. From the English Standard, Psalm 90:12 we are told to number our days because we never know when our Spring and Fall are over and we fall off our tree.