During this unit, you will be called upon to read poems and to use your understanding of poetic techniques and the world to explore them in writing. I have posted two poems for you to read that sound very different, but have some similar themes. They are both beautifully-written and contain some very interesting details to consider.
Without the benefit of instruction in poetic techniques and analysis, I want you to attempt to analyze one or both of these poems. Consider writing into your response possible meanings, the meaning as it relates to you, or a comparison of the two. You may use the poetry checklist that I have posted in my blogspot posts to assist you in this endeavor, or you may choose to proceed on your own. Be sure to keep a mental track of the steps you take, as we will be discussing the path you took in a future lesson.
Your posts should be at least 250 words and should be posted using the comment function on this post. Posts will be worth 25 points.
Good luck!
Mr. Parsons
Away, Melancholy
By Stevie Smith
Away, melancholy,
Away with it, let it go.
Are not the trees green,
The earth as green?
Does not the wind blow,
Fire leap and the rivers flow?
Away melancholy.
The ant is busy
He carrieth his meat,
All things hurry
To be eaten or eat.
Away, melancholy.
Man, too, hurries,
Eats, couples, buries,
He is an animal also
With a hey ho melancholy,
Away with it, let it go.
Man of all creatures
Is superlative
(Away melancholy)
He of all creatures alone
Raiseth a stone
(Away melancholy)
Into the stone, the god
Pours what he knows of good
Calling, good, God.
Away melancholy, let it go.
Speak not to me of tears,
Tyranny, pox, wars,
Saying, Can God
Stone of man's thoughts, be good?
Say rather it is enough
That the stuffed
Stone of man's good, growing,
By man's called God.
Away, melancholy, let it go.
Man aspires
To good,
To love
Sighs;
Beaten, corrupted, dying
In his own blood lying
Yet heaves up an eye above
Cries, Love, love.
It is his virtue needs explaining,
Not his failing.
Away, melancholy,
Away with it, let it go.
The Traveller-Heart
By Vachel Lindsay
(To a Man who maintained that the Mausoleum is the Stateliest Possible Manner of Interment)
I would be one with the dark, dark earth:--
Follow the plough with a yokel tread.
I would be part of the Indian corn,
Walking the rows with the plumes o'erhead.
I would be one with the lavish earth,
Eating the bee-stung apples red:
Walking where lambs walk on the hills;
By oak-grove paths to the pools be led.
I would be one with the dark-bright night
When sparkling skies and the lightning wed--
Walking on with the vicious wind
By roads whence even the dogs have fled.
I would be one with the sacred earth
On to the end, till I sleep with the dead.
Terror shall put no spears through me.
Peace shall jewel my shroud instead.
I shall be one with all pit-black things
Finding their lowering threat unsaid:
Stars for my pillow there in the gloom,--
Oak-roots arching about my head!
Stars, like daisies, shall rise through the earth,
Acorns fall round my breast that bled.
Children shall weave there a flowery chain,
Squirrels on acorn-hearts be fed:--
Fruit of the traveller-heart of me,
Fruit of my harvest-songs long sped:
Sweet with the life of my sunburned days
When the sheaves were ripe, and the apples red.
20 comments:
As I read the poem, "Away, Melancholy" by Stevie Smith, I really felt like I could relate to it. Melancholy is a sadness, or a state of depression, and I am always sad. But i want to change my life and not be melancholy, which is what the poem is about, taking away melancholy.
This poem talks about how life is okay, and that there is no reason to be melancholy. It represents what is really going on in the world, and how if everything works, then the world is fine. It also talks about God and gives us strong images on how life should be.
Stevie used a technique called Personification. It states, "Fire leap and the rivers flow?" it gave Fire a human motion.
The main focus of this poem is focused on her life, and how she feels that there is no reason to feel melancholy, because everything in the world works how it is supposed to. I kind of got the impression that she meant that everything happens for a reason, and that u cannot change what happens. You just have to deal with whatever happens.
This is a very spiritual poem, because she talks about how God created everything on earth, and that creatures are superlative. Meaning that humans are of the highest, and they control everything that happens, and that they need to take control for their actions.
In the poem the traveler heart the author is trying to show how natural it is to be buried, and not in a mausoleum. They show how their body will become one with nature, this is shown by describing what will happen after he dies. He says that that there will be no fear when he dies and he will be free of his earthly bonds. I think this is a great poem to express the author’s feelings about a particular subject in this case life after death. The author clearly states through out the poem very vivid imagery of the situations he describes such as the stanza where he describes the street or the one where he described the red apples. I also think that the red apples are symbolic to the fact that the author believes he will be reborn through nature, seeing how it is that the apples come back every year even if the tree looks dead and wilted. I thought that this poem was an excellent example of imagery and has a very strong viewpoint on which he is writing. Also it is very strong worded and I believe that he has proved his point to the reader that being buried is better and natural than being buried in a old mausoleum.
Allison Rowe
Poetry Analysis
The Traveller-Heart by Vachel Lindsay is a very complex poem that I consider to be easily understood by most crowds. The very first stanza is introducing what he would first do as a traveler. He describes being dark when the earth is dark and being part of the Indian corn. I understand what he wants, but I do not understand why that would be the first thing a traveler would do. It goes on to say in the next 6 stanzas that he wishes to go and eat red apples, walk the hills where lambs have once walked, and walk roads where vicious wind had been. Vachel writes strangely and in a way I have seen only very few times. It is like he has been a slave for several years and has been brought to America to be freed and that he is telling all of the things he has ever dreamed of doing once having his freedom. Then he tells what he would be and what would come of him. He would be with the sacred Earth and he would be one with all pit-black things. He writes that peace shall overcome him; that fear will not harm him, and that stars will be used for his pillow. Lastly, he authorizes that fruit is the his heart and fruit is what speeds his harvest songs. He says that he will be sweet in the days he is sunburned, but only when the sheaves are ripe and the apples are red. I thought this was a very well written poem, but it was not necessarily to my liking because I am not into this type of poetry.
Amanda Harris
Parsons 2nd period
Poetry
2/16/09
I liked the second poem for certain reasons. I related more to it than I did the first poem. The second poem talked about relating himself with object on or associated with earth. Which is exactly what we as people are. Depending on our emotions that day. I also liked how it was structured. It was not all jumbled together, but spaced out nicely. And it was one the I understood more. It was easier to read, and more interesting. The author kept my attention, and I was not bored. However in the first poem I was completely lost.
Chelsey Hayes
2nd period
Mr. Parsons
Honors English
2-16-09
Away Melancholy by Stevie Smith is a meaningful poem that really draws in the reader and keeps his or her attention throughout the entire poem. It really makes you think about what Stevie Smith is trying to get across, is she just writing this out of joy or is there more to this poem than meets the eye. “Beaten, corrupted, dying, In his own blood lying, Yet heaves up an eye above, Cries, Love, love., It is his virtue needs explaining, Not his failing.” This particular line caught my eye because to me, I want to know more about what’s happening to this man and why he was beaten.
This poem to me is like hidden messages inside a message. You really have to sit down and read and reread this poem to understand the true meaning of what Stevie Smith is trying to get across. I think she’s trying to say that it’s a harsh dog eat dog world and that we have took what we have for granted and not really understanding what happens in this world. “Speak not to me of tears, Tyranny, pox, wars, Saying, Can God, Stone of man's thoughts, be good? Say rather it is enough, That the stuffed, Stone of man's good, growing, By man's called God., Away, melancholy, let it go.?
This poem is beautifully written and a great piece of writing that should be treasured for years to come. It’s an inspiration waiting to happen.
Away Melancholy:
Away Melancholy is a wonderful poem by Stevie Smith that paints a vivid image in the reader’s mind. The poem immediately attracts the reader’s attention and has a special connection with each person. The significance of the poem could greatly differ from person to person due to the unspecified purpose of the work.
Melancholy is a word that can be associated with words like depression, sadness, gloominess, and monotony. According to Merriam-Webster, melancholy is defined as an abnormal state attributed to an excess of irascibility or depression. It is very significant for the reader to have a good understanding of the word since the poem is based around it.
In the first stanzas of the poem, Stevie Smith illustrates melancholy in our everyday lives. She states her point of view by saying, “Away Melancholy.” This gives the reader an idea that the poem will be gloomy and sad but hopefully have a positive outlook. Next she describes the melancholy in everyday nature that we pass by everyday. Stevie describes how animals then humans all face melancholy.
I believe that the author was noticing how everyday life is the same for most everything (ex. Nature, animals, humans.); everything has its daily routine that it carries out. This sets a mood for the reader that is depressed but hopefully seeks a new way in their life.
The end of the poem goes on to say that the man does not defeat melancholy. The ending leaves an unforgettable image in the reader’s mind, which is what makes this poem unique. It motivates the reader to try their best to identify melancholy in their life and to defeat it.
The author is saying that sadness, or to be melancholy should be gone in people's lives because life itself is beautiful. He believes that life goes on even when you feel as if it shouldn't. He states "Are not the trees green, The earth as green? Does not the wind blow, Fire leap and the rivers flow? Away melancholy." I interpret this sentence to mean, the earth still goes on even when you are sad. Just because you are feeling "blue", the trees are still as green as they were when you were happy, the wind still blows as much, and the earth's rivers flow, which are all factors in the writer's reasoning for wanting his sadness to leave. The writer also states that even though there are bad things on earth such as "tyranny and wars", there are also good things. He warns people to keep such words to themselves, and do not speak to him of the bad things. He states that even though men have been beaten and corrupted, he still aspires to love and be good, so leave all the sadness and be good.
The Traveller-Heart by Vachel Lindsay is about a man who really appreciated life, and cared very much for the Earth. He worked hard every day, plowing the fields and tending to sheep, but he never forgot to stop and appreciate the little things. “Eating the bee-stung apples red” shows that he was thankful for what he had and it did not matter to him if it was not perfect. “Walking where lambs walk on the hills; / by oak-grove paths to pools be led” means that he led his sheep through woods to reach a pond. This shows that he was caring and valued other life. He did not rush or take things to seriously. Then something happened, such as a fire, “When sparkling skies and the lightning wed-- / walking on with the vicious wind / by roads whence even the dogs have fled.” He went out anyways to protect his sheep. He knew he might lose his life, but was still loyal to the lambs. “Terror shall put no spears through me. / Peace shall jewel my shroud instead” is one of my favorite lines from the poem. This man knew what was going to happen and accepted it without fear. This shows extreme courage, as most would be afraid. The traveler dies, “Oak-roots arching about my head,” “acorns fall round my breast that bled,” but new life, represented by the daisies and children, begins. The poem ends with the traveler saying that his life was fruitful and well lived.
“Away Melancholy” is a poem about negativity and how it should be overcome because there is a God. Whatever the reason for thinking negatively, the mind of the man must say “No, it is part of God’s master plan.” and blatantly not let into the consciousness that there is no God. Humans are naturally curious about the world. Mother Teresa stated in her diary that at times she doubts there is a God. She was still brought into sainthood. Stevie Smith is trying to say that men should not feel ashamed of questioning God but instead should empowered because of their abstract thinking but he also portrays the way that society crams religion down our throats by calling it blasphemous to ask questions or not blindly obeying what we are told by the church. The poem stated that:
“Speak not to me of tears,
Tyranny, pox, wars,
Saying, Can God
Stone of man's thoughts, be good?”
This could be interpreted to mean that the subconscious of men and women will simply not allow the conscious to conjure up any logical thoughts about “what if there actually is no God?” because we have been taught to believe since birth that everything is made by a God and that no one can question the bible. This poem is very good at challenging the mind to come up with a theme for the poem. I came up with several ideas as to which topic that this could most relate to but chose the “religion versus logic” one.
Before reading Away Melancholy poetry was already confusing to me. After reading this poem I am even more confused. But I did pull a little bit out of it. To me it is the poem Away Melancholy is talking about the Earth can be very complex at times. But at the same time the poem Away Melancholy could be talking about how the Earth is the same from day to day. Steve Smith (not the wide receiver from the panthers) says things like the fires leap and rivers flow, meaning kind of like we just expect these things to happen. Kind of like when you walk into a room and flip the light switch on you expect the lights to come on. Steve smith could also be meaning sometimes that life can get boring. Towards the end of the poem Steve seemed like he was angry at the world. Not meaning the world like “Earth” but the people who live around him. The last thing that I see in this crazy poem (in a good way) is that he seems to be some what questioning God. He says things like Can God Stone of man's thoughts, be good? These are my views and ideas that I received from reading the poem Away Melancholy
Melissa Jackson
5th period
To me the poem away, melancholy by Stevie Smith is about sadness/ depression being taken away and being happy again. Melancholy means an abnormal state attributed to an excess of black bile and characterized by irascibility or depression. So the poem is about depressed being taken away and the author being happy again with their sadness removed. When I start reading the poem I picture someone depressed and alone but as I start to understand the poem its like that person is happy alone and their depression is gone. The poem talks about man being an animal eating and burying away its melancholy. The poem is telling and painting a picture of emotion about taking the sadness and depression out of things its telling people not to show it and be strong and happy. The poem The Traveller-Heart by Vachel Lindsay paints a picture of many things to me. I see the red apple, and the earth, soil and rows growing. It’s about someone traveling and seeing the world. Experiencing what is happening around them and taking everything in. this poem paints a better picture than the first poem did. I feel like I’m walking with the traveling heart or person. With everything the author is writing I can see in my mind a clear picture of what the author is trying to say. The traveller-heart is seeing many things and it’s like its free. You can feel the emotion the author put into the poem. Vachel Lindsay did a wonderful job writing this poem and you can just tell what Vachel was trying to get across.
After Reading "Away melancholy" By Stevie Smith I wondered just what this woman was trying to say to me. Describing normal things in life then saying "away melancholy, away with it let it go." Gave me such a vague idea of what was going on, I wasn't sure if I'd ever be able to find the meaning. However giving it some thought, I saw the picture being painted before me. The author was describing normal life, meaning that despite the way someone may feel, nothing changes, life goes on. It told me that no matter what, feeling sad does nothing to help.
The Message this poem gives is on of not livivng life so stressfully. Its telling people to let their worrys and stress go. It says thing like "It is his virture needs explaing, not his failing" sugjesting to look at the good things in life.
After answering the call to analyze "away meloncholy" I headed anouther call, one to do the same with "the traveller-Heart" by vachel Lindsay. This poem gave me a sense of a very blunt book-on-the-head. It appears to me that this author decided to state the obvious as to what happens after death (and not spirit-wise). He appears to sate that his body will become part of "life" in a sense. Such as plants will grow from it "I Would be one with sacred earth, on to the end, till I sleep with the dead"
"Stars for my pillow there in the gloom,-oak roots arching about my head ." and the final quote to wrap things up, "stars, like daisies, shale rise through the earth, acorns fall around my breast that bled." In the other words when he dies a tree is going to grow on him and acorns shale fall where his body is buried. That plant part is not the whole poem, the other part talks about him become "one" with things of the earth. Which if your body decays I guess it does become one with the earth. Its like a bonk-on-the-head in how mundane this is.
Karissa Brown: Poetry Analysis.
Poetry Analysis.
Away Melancholy.
“Away, Melancholy
Away with it, let it go.”
In Away Melancholy Stevie Smith conveys several different themes and tones. The word “melancholy” refers to the “the blues” or a state of depression. Smith is referring to releasing the sadness and “let[ting] it go”.
“Are not the trees green,
The earth as green?
Does not the wind blow,
Fire leap and rivers flow?
Away melancholy.”
The surface meaning of this stanza as simply that the trees and earth have life and the rivers and wind have consistency to reiterate what they’re good at, and what they were made too do. However, I think Smith is more or so, asking us a question. He’s inquiring our lonesome blues and trying to prove that we have no reason not to smile.
“The ant is busy
He carrieth his meat,
All things hurry
To be eaten or eat.
Away, melancholy.
Man, too, hurries,
Eats, couples, buries,
He is an animal also
With a hey ho melancholy,
Away with it, let it go.”
Everything has a job to perform: something to be, something to do. Whether they are the predator or prey, a being always has something to hunt, or is busy being hunted. Even we, as humans, bustle around with pen and ladder in hand. From constructing tall skyscrapers to signing off a simple paper, we always have something or somewhere to be. Smith is saying that while we bustle around like ants, we always complain about something better we could be doing, with an annoyingly, pessimistic melancholy.
“Man of all creatures
Is superlative
(Away melancholy)
He of all creatures alone
Raiseth a stone
(Away melancholy)
Into the stone, the god
Pours what he knows of good
Calling, good, God.
Away melancholy, let it go.”
Of all the creatures on earth, man stands above them all. Man is the best of the best of the best. The deeper meaning that lies underneath this stanza is that man works hard and that God pours everything he knows of good into their labor.
“Speak not to me of tears,
Tyranny, pox, wars,
Saying, Can God
Stone of man’s thoughts be good?
Say rather it is enough
That the stuffed
Stone of man’s good, growing,
By man’s called God.
Away melancholy, let it go.”
In this stanza Stevie Smith is saying, I believe, that man is foolish for questioning the good of man; it’s enough that man survives. It’s enough that he remains constant in an un-constant world. We should not expect any better than it already is, for what we have is good in itself.
“Man aspires
To good,
To love
Sighs;”
Man wants to do good, wants to love; wants to be better.
“Beaten, corrupted, dying
In his own blood lying
Yet heavens up an eye above
Cries, Love, love.
It is his virtue needs explaining,
Not his failing.
Away, melancholy,
Away with it, let it go.”
It is not man’s failings and un-accomplishments that need be explained. Rather, it is his virtue, his moral character. Away with the pity depression we justify with wars and affairs. We’ve done the best we can do.
"Away Melancholy" by Stevie Smith brings a certain realization to lifeand how things in the world are. i can relate to many parts in this poem. one part in particular that i can relate to is where smith writes "the aunt is busy he carrieath his meat, all things hurry to be eaten or eat." to me this stanza expresses the rush in life.sometimes i plan out tasks that in life i have to do and sometimes they seem unending.life can often feel like a task that i have to hurry and complete and it is a very melancholy feeling.to feel as if there is no excitement or can be no expierence.just task.i sometimes have to push myself away from that melancholy feeling, just as smith had done in his poetry."speak not to me of tears,tyranny,pox,wars,saying can God,stone of man's thoughts be good?" i try to embrace with a good out-look the tyranny of life and the many other negitaves of it to be a happy person and and expierence all the good that life still offers.
to me this poem also expresses the cycle of life."man aspires to good,to love,sighs; ....beaten corrupted dying in his own blood lying". this says to me a man lives to do good, lovelive before they die.which goes back to the cycle of life. you live then you die. while having that constant emotion or malancholoy feeling you never get the chance to live. this poem reminds me to away that melancholy feeling so i can live before i die.
i took from the poem "the traveller-heart" by Vachel Lindsay, that the writer was a very natured man.he took time to notice the small things in lifesuch as the bee stung apples and the oak grove paths.i think that the writer can find a certain serenity in nature.he can take in his surroundings and relax and not worry about the jumbled aspects of life. the writer finds a way to put the vivid images in your head and make you relate to his poem. for example when it becomes spring time, i notice the chnges that earth is going through. reading this poem brings your senses to life.the feel of the warm weather in summer , the smells of the flowers. hearing the bees humming around the apple trees...Vachel Lindsay takes you on a journey through your mind so that you can see the journey that he has taken in his mind. although both poems were great i would have to say that between "Away, Melancholy" by Stevie Smith, and "The traveller-heart" by Vachel Lindsay, "The traveller heart was definitly my pick of the two. "Away, Melancholy" made me remember a time when i was melancholy. "The traveller-heart makes me remember the good in my life such as the warm summer days which was painted in my mind while reading it. both poems were sat out for the reader to take from them a purpose and i think both writers suceeded in doing so.
The way I interpreted the peom “away melancholy” by Stevie Smith, was that it was about over coming your sadness. It being you need not worry about what all happens the world still goes on the rivers still flow the sun still shines just as bright. The repeating of the words “away melancholy” was just saying go away sadness, you just bring me down and life still goes on. There is no need to be sad, things always get better. Then the author Stevie Smith she is a very religious person and incorporates God in just about all her writings, even in this particular one saying things like, “Calling, good, God.” This person is calling to God for help. Then she talks of how bad other people have it and basically count your blessings for you what you do have. Just let go of the feeling of sadness “Away, melancholy, let it go.” This piece just talks of how everyone gets sad and depressed but they shouldn’t let that mood drag them down because life still goes on and everything will be fine. People have it much worse than you do and don’t call out to God as if he is the problem. “Away, melancholy.” Away sadness.
Steve Smith is a very good poet, she is remarkable because she can relate her religious believe in her poetry and to some people that’s very hard. Her poem “away melancholy” Is a very well written peace of work, again like is most her poetry she related her religion to her work for example she says “ speak not to me of tears, tyranny, pox, wars, saying can god. Stones of man’s thoughts, be good?”
In this poem I think something is bothering her and she is saying, “are not the trees green, the earth green as well?” To me that mean’s she will wake up tomorrow and the earth will still be green and the trees will be as well, but whatever is bothering her makes her feel like world is ending. Then I think toward the end of the poem she kind of forgets about her personal problem but it comes back to her and she keeps saying away melancholy is her hear that’s why I think she uses apprentices.
The poem by Vachel Lindsey called “ the traveler heart” I do not understand any of the poem. I just does not come to me what he is saying. I get small bits and parts of the poem but that’s just about it. Other then the fact I don’t understand it, it’s a very well written poem and it has lots of describing word in it. It puts the reader in the plot of the story.
The poem "Away Melancholy" written by Steevie Smith is a very subjective look the world of depression. A poem should let you look into the mind of the writer, and see exactly what they are feeling. "Away Melancholy" poem does this perfectly. Throughout the entire poem, it is as if the writer is sitting across from you, talking, and telling you exactly how she feels.
In the first few stanzas, the writer is trying to convince herself that her depression is not justified. She asks herself, "Are not the trees green, The earth as green? Does not the wind blow, Fire leap, and rivers flow?" She goes on to examine creatures such as the ant, observing that their lives are still functioning, even though her own world has been disrupted. With all the questions and observation, she is trying to convince herself that life does go on, no matter what happens.
As the poem progresses, she goes on to question her own strength. She describes man as being superlative and care free, being able to brush off melancholy feelings without as so much as a "hey ho". She is ashamed of her inability to banish her depression, saying that man, being greater than other creatures should be able to deal with their feelings. The shame she feels from this only adds to her melancholy.
Finally, she aspires to put her faith in God in order to be happy again. She seems to tell the reader, that as long as you put your faith in something-not necessarily God- you will be able to overcome depression. She follows her own advice and trusts in what she feels is the best thing; God. It is then that she learns to "Let it go," and aspire to be a good and loving human being.
"Away Melancholy" is not only a deep and enthralling poem, but leaves the reader with a lesson on dealing with feelings of melancholy and depression. Steevie Smith also gives insight into her own life as well as the lives of others dealing with similar feelings. I feel that a lot of people can relate "Away Melancholy," while still being able to understand the authors own personal journey.
As I read the poem “Away Melancholy” I found it very interesting in the sense that I could somewhat relate to it. This poem is about being melancholy, which is a sense of sadness or depression, and sending this sadness away so you can be happy. The first lines of the poem are “Away, melancholy, away with it, let it go.”. in this, Stevie Smith is saying that whatever is making him melancholy is going to be let go, and he’s going to forget about it. This is because as the poem goes on he says that there is no reason to feel this way because there is nothing to be melancholy about. He goes on to say, “Are not the trees green, the earth as green? Does not the wind blow, Fire leap and the rivers flow? Away melancholy.”, which goes back to the point that there isn’t any thing to be sad or depressed about.
The author then writes, “Man of all creatures Is superlative, (Away melancholy), He of all creatures alone, raiseth a stone, (Away melancholy), Into the stone, the god pours what he knows of good, calling, good, God. Away melancholy, let it go.”. In this he is saying basically that everything happens for a reason because all the things happen because that’s the way God wants them to and that if something happens you just have to accept it.
In conclusion, I think this poem is saying that everything happens for a reason and you just have to let things go, and also that there isn’t anything to be melancholy about because whatever must happen is going to come one day anyway. So there would be no use in worrying or saddening yourself about it. Lastly, I think this poem is fantastically written and should be read by people, both young and old, for many years to come.
At first, the poem “The Traveller-heart”, by Vachel Lindsay, didn’t make a lot of sense to me. However as I reread the poem I figured out that it’s about someone who is going somewhere and depending on the things that come naturally on Earth to get there, or in other words, they are being one with nature. This poem also illustrates how this traveler appreciated all of the things in life, like the “apples red”, even though there were bee-stung and imperfect.
In the next part of the poem he writes, “I shall be one with all pit-black things, Finding their lowering threat unsaid: stars for my pillow there in the gloom, oak-roots arching about my head.”, again meaning that he will be one with nature if it’s what he must do to get his job finished. He finishes with the stanza, “ Fruit of the traveler-heart of me, fruit of my harvest songs long-sped. Sweet with the life of my sunburned days, when the sheaves were right and apples red.”. Here he states that even though his life may have come to an end or be ending, he thought it was long and well lived.
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