ry against the twilight. At this point is seems as though the reason would lie more within the twilight than simply the leaves falling and moving about. At this point it may begin to be considered as a period of uncertainty, or decline in some form, before the following day is on its way. Following this a period of turning is introduced. The branches and thus leaves were said to be turning in the wind, as the flames were moving about in the fireplace. Once again the peacocks are brought in, this time their cry is related to what seems to be the noise made by the fire burning. Possibly due to the sound and cracking and splitting of the logs due to the extreme heat of the fire. Their cry could however be toward the hemlock trees, which in some way could be considered poisonous.Next, planets out the window are being described as being in a pattern similar to the leaves that have fallen on the ground below. A reference between the leaves turning and the planets moving is used to describe how night has come, due to the planets revolving. “Out of the window, I saw how the planets gathered like the leaves themselves.” (Stevens 69) Night is then said to be walking, striding like the large hemlocks, where the person shows some sort of fear. From here the person remembers the cry of the peacocks, which seems to act as an omen of warning toward the poisonous hemlock trees while it is twilight.WORKS CITEDStevens, Wallace. “Domination of Black” Scholes, Robert, Nancy R. Comley, and Gregory L. Ulmer, eds. Text Book: An Introduction to Literacy Language. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995. 68-69. ...
