Note 5: Now it is fall by EDITH SÖDERGRAN

Now it is fall 

BY: EDITH SÖDERGRAN

The poem's landscape and mother-child scenes are illustrated by the Swedish author's declarative and lyrical style. The first lines of the poem are evident images of the fall season, especially the few short lines describing the child of the poem as observing "all the golden birds [flying] home across the blue deep water." Edith describes the child as being "rapt in its scattering glitter", and the otther imagery of "the [rustling] through the trees (the migrating birds)", and the "vast farewell" and nearing "close" affirms the progression to autumn season. "But [the] reunion, that also is certain" produces the aura of hope the child carries or naturally abides to. 

Within the last stanza of the short poem, the seemingly innocent child "falls asleep easily" on her arm, and on "her eyes" she feels a loving "mother's breath." The warm and tender moment of mother-daughter embrace effuses the mood of unconditional love that can usually be found within such an honorable relationship. And "from [her mother's] mouth to [her] heart", the child hears the words, the last lines of the poem, "sleep, child, and dream now the sun is gone." This final close of the poem draws out the sincere emotional language that exists between this mother and daughter, and also beautifies the scenery of autumn with ernest love.