Autumn Movement And October's Party

The two poems, Autumn Movement and October’s Party leaves a certain message that is pointed out. Both poets mention beauty doesn't last, the old things of nature die and go. Although the moods were different in the poems, George Cooper expressed his feelings in a positive tone. Both poems have their own kind of method for depicting an autumn day, as Carl Sandburg and George Cooper show power in their unique vision. In the poem “Autumn Movement” by Carl Sandburg, he applies an imagery “ The field of cornflower yellow is a scarf at the neck of the copper sunburned woman, the mother of the year, the taker of seeds”. He’s pointing out a main point, beauty is only temporary. Sandburg uses a scarf as a main image in his poem, the scarf ties around the field keeping the beauty in sight. He applies his meaning through a scarf that it can always be untied which links the movement of seasons from the lush vibrancy of summer to the decay of autumn. …show more content…
Although Cooper thinks in a positive way, his message in the poem includes beauty is all year round. As Cooper states in the third stanza “ Professor Wind played louder;/ They flew along the ground;/And then the party ended/ In jolly “ hands around.” This indicates a delightful season flew by but we continue to see the beauty in our eyes. Some images he includes throughout his poem where the tree leaves of the chestnuts, oaks, maples and mainly the wind. Cooper was the one who applied it in a positive way,as the wind played louder it smoothly transitioned to the new sight which was fallen from the