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VARIATIONS: 3 by CONRAD AIKEN

Poet Analysis

First Line: WIND IN THE SUNLIT TREES, AND THE RED LEAVES FALL
Last Line: MAKING THE TREES MORE SCARLET, THE SKY MORE BLUE.
Subject(s): MEMORY; LOVE;
Wind in the sunlit trees, and the red leaves fall;
Shadows of leaves on the sunlit wall.
Wind in the turning tops of the trees . . .
I am reminded, seeing these,
Of an afternoon, and you
Making the trees more scarlet, the sky more blue.



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