My response to the story “Why Leaves Turn Color in the fall” by Diane Ackermans, is that it made me feel emotional the way the author expressed life in a metaphor. For example, the author uses an imprint of a leaf in a fossil stone to show evidence of previous life on Earth. The fossil stone addresses the life cycle. Life persists on although plants, animals, and people “perish.” A thing that stood out to me was that the author uses nature’s seasons to relate to the life cycle of human beings. I believe the author’s purpose on describing the way that leaves change colors and fall off trees in autumn is to compare to how the body changes in order to reach death; one day the leaves are colorful and vibrant, and the next day they wither and die.
The poem, “Field of Autumn”, by Laurie Lee exposes the languorous passage of time along with the unavoidability of closure, more precisely; death, by describing a shift of seasons. In six stanzas, with four sentences each, the author also contrasts two different branches of time; past and future. Death and slowness are the main motifs of this literary work, and are efficiently portrayed through the overall assonance of the letter “o”, which helps the reader understand the tranquility of the poem by creating an equally calmed atmosphere. This poem is to be analyzed by stanzas, one per paragraph, with the exception of the third and fourth stanzas, which will be analyzed as one for a better understanding of Lee’s poem.
The seasons are part of the mother's life, while the father goes through life as if all were winter. The mother runs her house according to the seasons. She grows "miraculous gardens and magnificent flowers…"(132), and during berry picking season, "She would walk miles…"(132). Growing gardens, flowers and picking berries are seasonal activities. Every flower and fruit has its cycle during the year, which alludes how the mother lived through this. The importance of the seasons as part of the mother's life is presented even in the end of the story when the narrator says that the "[mother] looks through her lonely window onto the ice of winter…"(140). Therefore, she is alone gazing out the window, waiting for her death, which is symbolized by the winter. On the other hand, for the father all the seasons are the same. All of them are winter. The narrator describes his father, "with blue eyes flossing like clearest ice
Diane Ackerman wrote an essay called “Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall”, in which in great detail she explains why leaves change color in the fall. She uses subjective description with science terms to provide the reader with the feeling that science, or nature is amazing as it does all of this wonderful things to leaves.
Similarly, in Shaun Tan’s picture book The Red Tree, the understanding that the discovery of what one is searching for results in a greater sense of self is conveyed convincingly. Shaun Tan uses metaphorical images, colour and symbolism to show how the little girl develops a greater sense of self by embarking on this journey. The girl’s journey begins with a very depressing tone, “Sometime the day begins with nothing to look forward to” and this is reinforced with the girl’s body language showing her head drooping down. The symbolic presence of the leaf within
Diction is defined as word choice. There are different types of diction and people use them for many different things.
Extended metaphors portray the changing of the speakers lifestyle as he reflects on his once bright youth. Vivid imagery is used to describe the slow loss of liveliness the speaker experiences as he comes to accept the changing seasons of his own life. The speaker’s declining physical condition is described in reference to “yellow leaves” which few or “none” hold on to the last glimpse of life within the speaker. This reference to fall weather can be associated with the dormancy of fall crops as they prepare for the winter, and in the speaker's case death. The speaker witnesses as he loses power within his life and begins to prematurely morne the bright life he once had. this metaphor emphasises the loss of physical well-being and the mental stress the speaker feels when moving further from his youth. The final season of life is described as cold winds blowing "against," the “shaking” branches of a tree. The descent
When the visual representation of the plant in both pages is analyzed closely you can see that Shaun Tan has made each season have its own type of plant associated with the season. An example for autumn is a leaf that withers into spring which is represented as a dandelion. By using these plants, the reader can see the relation of the plants and make out the seasons and symbolism. The use of tone is also implemented in the graphic novel through the sketching direction. This is a more artistical factor but still creates a better definition for the
American soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome and French pianist Jean-Michel Pilc denote a great chemistry on Magic Circle, a duo album that explores classic jazz tunes and a couple of originals with a very personal vision.
Summary: In the twentieth chapter Foster considers the importance of season in literature. The seasons are an exact representation of the human life cycle. Spring is a representation of childhood, summer symbolizes young adulthood, autumn connotes middle age, and finally winter exemplifies old age. Shakespeare provides many examples of the correlation between season and the human life cycle in his poem Sonnet 73.
In this poem Sarah Teasdale talks about herself talking to the plants. She talks of how in the spring when all the pretty flowers grow, they are all smart. But in the autumn all the flowers are ugly and stupid. It seems really simple, but if you look at it closer you can see that the “ clear-eyed daisies” are the youth, and “ brown and barren” are symbols of aging. But in the end “ Bitter autumn” Symbolizes the death of all.
Contrast and Death In the short story “The Flowers” by Alice Walker, she uses the story of Myop to effectively contrast the issue of death that has profoundly influenced her. The utilization of contrast helps develop the main issue that has resided near Myop yet hasn’t effectively shown itself unless physically obtained. Young Myop’s encounter with death has certainly denuded the flower that has come to signify beauty and life.
bittersweet melancholy at life’s impermanence – that additional beauty imparted to cherry blossoms, say, or human
The first point of "To Autumn" is the natural world which contains the specific natural landscapes and images of the interaction between humans and the plants, describing the production of agriculture, a natural process that is controlled by people, moving outside of the human perspective which includes things that are not used or consumed by humans, and capturing some of the "wildness" and unpredictability of nature. This is supported by Bewell as he states the poem, “seems to absorb rather than extrovert that questing imagination whose breeding fancies, feverish overidentifications, and ambitious projects
Misty dew covers the entire surface of the field. The yellowing corn stalks stand erect and proud until my grandpas tractor comes to end their growth. Autumn slowly weaves its way in and leaves a stain of brilliant color in its wake. Not everyone enjoys such colors, but when you take a second to step outside your doorstep, and look at all the wonders that surround you, you’d be surprised at how marvelous the world can truly be. To me, Autumn is a time for relishing in the colors. Soaking in the oranges and reds while sitting by a warm fire. It’s a time for remembering that everything does end, but it does not have to end in the dreadful way we think it will. Autumn is a time for the closeness of others to keep out the chill of the morning and the starry-eyed darkness of the night.
The beginning of a life knows of no gray. The world is pure. It flourishes. Nothing bad can happen except minute occurrences like a bee sting or a common cold. The start of life on earth begins with a baby. The start of the life of Earth begins with spring. A child knows little, and does not see the world’s evil in its entirety. For children life is hopeful, it is bright. There is an endless world of imagination living in the eyes of a child, a vibrant world. Spring. New plants arise from the dust and begin to blossom. Colors shine bright and the world seems to smile. Around this time of year life remains structured and orderly, just like how a child has strict rules. Spring is somewhat a selfish time. The earth shows off its potential. A