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    well i cant find this poem anywhere on the internet its supposed to be by thomas hardy but i found a complete list of his poems and this wasnt on it. the poem is called last week in october.i can post some of its lyrics if it would help you guys out

    thanks for any help you can give

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    Here's the poem:

    Last Week In October

    The trees are undressing, and fling in many places --
    On the gray road, the roof, the window-sill --
    Their radiant robes and ribbons and yellow laces;
    A leaf each second so is flung at will,
    Here, there, another and another, still and still.
    A spider’s web has caught one while downcoming,
    That stays there dangling when the rest pass on;
    Like a suspended criminal hangs he, mumming
    In golden garb, while one yet green, high yon,
    Trembles, as fearing such a fate for himself anon.
    - Thomas Hardy
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    Analysis? Well it's full of imagery: personification,simile, some alliteration. The mood is elegaic, you might say, mourning the passing year but there is a splendid sense of colour. There is a clever use of caesura and repetition in the fifth line to enhance the sense of leaves falling periodically and continually. It's a nice piece of description. I'd not want to dismantle a poem like this too far as it's about the senses and their reception of experience.The image of the trees as of women undressing is obviously sensual. The unusual word 'mumming' or miming is worth examining but I'll stop there.
    Think of it as a photograph

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