Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a.

What happens to the fallen leaves?

Aug 16, The poem discusses a narrator who watches as leaves fall from a tree. There is no breeze as the leaves fall, so they simply drop to the ground to join a vast array of dead leaves Reviews: 2. The trembling trees embraced the breeze tenderly Then you and I came wandering by And lost in a sigh were we The shore was kissed by sea and mist tenderly I can't forget how two hearts met breathlessly Your arms opened wide and closed me inside You took my lips, you took my love so tenderly The falling leaves drift by the window.

The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling trees embraced the breeze tenderly Then you and I came wandering by And lost in a sigh were we The shore was kissed by sea and mist tenderly I can't forget how two hearts met breathlessly Your arms opened wide and closed me inside You took my lips, you took my love so tenderly. It implies that the trees are passive this natural pruning shrubs of year, when, in fact, they are actively “pushing” the leaves off their branches.

The changes in weather and daylight trigger a hormone that releases a chemical message to each leaf that it is time to prepare for winter.

But what does it mean when trees lose leaves much sooner?

When the leaves are falling off your tree during the summer another problem that could cause this would be if your tree is suffering from a fungal or bacterial infection and your tree could be putting all of its energy into fighting the infection rather than keeping its leaves green and healthy.

The poem says,"I saw the brown leaves dropping from their tree". The leaves represent soldiers on the battlefield who are left to rot, forgotten and lost forever.

Another simile is"Like snowflakes falling on the Flemish clay." The snowflakes represent the soldiers, melting together, forgotten.