Sing along with me:
All the leaves are brown (All the leaves are brown)
And this guy is gray* (And this guy is gray)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a mid-fall day (On a mid-fall day)
*LOL …yes, I am old and gray, and yes, I did go out for a walk, and yes, all the leaves are all brown. As a matter of fact, most of the trees around here have “undressed” – and that called to mind Dickinson’s poem “Frequently the woods are pink” – specifically, lines 2, 3, and 4.
All the leaves are brown (All the leaves are brown)
And this guy is gray* (And this guy is gray)
I've been for a walk (I've been for a walk)
On a mid-fall day (On a mid-fall day)
*LOL …yes, I am old and gray, and yes, I did go out for a walk, and yes, all the leaves are all brown. As a matter of fact, most of the trees around here have “undressed” – and that called to mind Dickinson’s poem “Frequently the woods are pink” – specifically, lines 2, 3, and 4.
 | With the seasonal change on my mind, I thought I’d check into Dickinson’s poetry of trees. First, for today, I thought I'd report on the number of poems in which Dickinson used the word "tree” along with some other woodsy-related terms. Here are the results: “Tree” turns up in 58 different poems, followed by “grass” in 33 poems and “ground” in 26 poems. Other words weren’t used as often: “Bush” is in 7 poems, and “dirt,” “mud,” “sapling,” and “shrub” are in one poem each. However, one other word from the natural and woodsy (and i suppose I should say gardening) world of Dickinson tops the list – and that word is – ** drumroll ** |
Flower!
“Flower” shows up in 90 different poems!
Tomorrow I’ll look at tree-related words, like branch, leaf, bark and more, and then on Tuesday, I’ll check into the types of trees Dickinson’s wrote about – like oak, elm, maple and more.
For now, back to the song I opened with, “California Dreaming.” Here’s a trivia quiz: I’ll provide a few lines from the song with a word missing, and you have to say what the word is. Here are the lines:
Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees (got down on my knees)
And I _____ to pray (I _____ to pray)
I’ll provide the answer tomorrow.
Stay tuned.
“Flower” shows up in 90 different poems!
Tomorrow I’ll look at tree-related words, like branch, leaf, bark and more, and then on Tuesday, I’ll check into the types of trees Dickinson’s wrote about – like oak, elm, maple and more.
For now, back to the song I opened with, “California Dreaming.” Here’s a trivia quiz: I’ll provide a few lines from the song with a word missing, and you have to say what the word is. Here are the lines:
Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees (got down on my knees)
And I _____ to pray (I _____ to pray)
I’ll provide the answer tomorrow.
Stay tuned.
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