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Read & copy the quotation
“Waking but now, when leaves like corpses fall, And saps all retrocede.”
- Date
- 1901
Meaning of “Waking but now, when leaves like corpses fall,…”
The late-blooming flower appears precisely as the rest of the season retreats, combining natural decline with an image of delayed emergence rather than simple renewal.
Where does it come from?
“The Last Chrysanthemum,” Project Gutenberg #3168. The corpse comparison is figurative seasonal language inside the poem.
