The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Close of Autumn

Barber, Joseph. "The Close of Autumn." New-York Saturday Press, November 17, 1860, 1.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

The poet uses the fallen leaves of autumn as a symbol of the death of a man: the odor of the decaying leaves intertwines with memories of the deceased.