Born in Ireland, John Brougham originally pursued a surgical career at the Peter Street Hospital in Dublin.
The poet uses falling leaves as a metaphor for death, commenting on the fact that death is inevitable and natural even if it is at an early age like young leaves that fall in the spring time, or children that die at a young age.
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Born in Ireland, John Brougham originally pursued a surgical career at the Peter Street Hospital in Dublin.
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