The Death of the Flowers

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"The Death of the Flowers" is a reflective lyric poem by William Cullen Bryant that meditates on autumn’s fading beauty and the transience of life.

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instanceOf lyric poem
poem
author William Cullen Bryant
compares autumn flowers to human life
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
form lyric
genre lyric poetry
hasAuthor William Cullen Bryant
language English
literaryForm poetry
literaryMovement American Romanticism
literaryPeriod 19th-century American literature
meditatesOn death
impermanence
portrays decline of nature before winter
reflects Romantic interest in nature and emotion
subject fading beauty of autumn
passing of youth
theme autumn
beauty and decay
loss
mortality
nature
transience of life
tone melancholic
reflective
uses nature imagery
seasonal symbolism
writtenBy William Cullen Bryant

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William Cullen Bryant notableWork The Death of the Flowers