Based on "An Autumn Day," Wheeler uses imagery as a poetic element to evoke feelings of loss and despair, contrasting the bleakness of autumn with the promise of renewal. This is shown in the poem in the following line, “Leaden skies and a lonesome shadow where summer has passed with her gorgeous train.”
In 1-2 sentences, explain a conclusion that can be drawn about the poem based on its poetic elements.
Use these excerpts from the text to help you write your answer:
An Autumn Day
by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Leaden skies and a lonesome shadow Where summer has passed with her gorgeous train; Snow on the mountain, and frost on the meadow- A white face pressed in the window pane;
A cold mist falling, a bleak wind calling, And oh! but life seems vain.
Rain is better than golden weather, When the heart is dulled with a dumb despair.
Dead leaves lie where they walked together, The hammock is gone, and the rustic chair.
Let bleak snows cover the whole world over- It will never again seem fair.
Time laughs lightly at youth's sad 'Never, Summer shall come again, smiling once more, High o'er the cold world the sun shines for ever, Hearts that seemed dead are alive at the core.
Oh, but the pain of it-oh, but the gain of it, After the shadows pass o'er.
Based on An Autumn Day, Wheeler uses __________ as a poetic element to _________. This is shown in the poem in the following line, “ ___________”.
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