Questions on October Dawn 1:<Tab/>By saying 'October is marigold' the poet is meaning that as October arrives so does the autumn and the leaves of a marigold plant are yellow or orange, like the dead leaves on the trees. The name of the marigold plant is made up of the name 'Mary' and 'gold'. This could be referring to the fact that Christmas is drawing near too, and 'Mary' was, …showed first 75 words of 1256 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1256 total…I think that this is a very cleverly written poem because it definitely keeps you interested which any good poem has to. Also it seems to have patterns but they are not too obvious. There is a little bit of rhyme but again it is quite subtle. One of the main things for me is that it makes you think about lots of things and it has many different interperatations. <Tab/>