Carolyn Smart's Poem 'October'

No one likes to lose. Not one individual can find any pleasure in losing something that is dear to them. In Carolyn Smart’s poem “October” the speaker approaches their loss of the beauty of the summer as almost catastrophic. Their loss of the summer weather, the wildlife, and the scenery takes a toll on the speaker. However, in the last stanza of the poem they realize that they can cherish the memory of these moments of happiness, but cannot grieve their losses forever. Some aspects of an individual’s life seen irreplaceable and necessary at first. However, upon losing this necessity, an individual realizes that they must accept their loss and move on.
My mother always says to me, “Dear, boys are animals. They can only focus on one thought at a time. Do not take their actions around you to heart because they probably don’t mean it” This …show more content…
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