Now the leaves are falling fast
The poem 'Now the leaves are falling fast' has been composed by W.H. Auden. It is a simple poem about nature. The poet says about the speedy arrival of old age and death of human beings. He is delineating the frustration inherent in human life. The poet says that we human beings are like travellers who are growing old moving towards graveyard. The poet says that when the leaves fall from the tree the woods become lifeless. The nightingale becomes dumb. In the same way human beings become physically weak and inactive and get separated from the crowd of the people at the time of the end of the last journey. But the poet shows an optimistic approach that when we come to an end of our life we hear the melodious sound of waterfalls. Thus we see that this poem is a blending of pessimism and optimism.
