BP1: The speaker speaks descriptively about nature in an appreciative and admiring tone, acknowledging the unique essence that each season brings.

BP2: The personification used throughout to describe the different elements of nature conveys the speaker’s yearning for certain seasons to last longer.

BP3: In Cary’s poem, the use of cacophony represents the speaker’s negative feelings about the changing seasons.

1. Cary's use of bright tone when describing summer and melancholy tone when describing fall further characterizes the difference between the seasons and how the speaker feels about them.

2. Cary personifies natural elements to allow audiences to empathize with nature; by describing the elements in human-like ways, her audience can more easily relate to the dreariness the speaker feels as winter approaches.

3. Cary's colorful imagery displays her perception of the traits of the seasons based on the symbolism each color is attributed with; her use of colors illuminates the joy of summer and the loss of autumn.

BP1: The speaker describes the changing of the seasons with demonstrative personification that emphasizes the warm weather slipping away and the unpleasant shift to the frigid winter.

BP2: The colorful imagery used by the speaker helps visualize her dislike for the dull and faded winter versus her appreciation for the bright and flowering springtime, connecting the fleeting nature of the seasons.

BP3: In Alice Cary's poem, she uses juxtaposing tone, highlighting her initial fuzzy and wholesome admiration for the warmer seasons and then harsh and weary disapproval for the colder seasons.

TS 1: The speaker uses personification, such as the whispering of the wind and moaning of the summer, to express her feelings towards the changing seasons.

TS 2: Visual imagery of the colors fading and flowers dying show the speaker's emotional connection to the shifting seasons, and her bittersweet feelings associated with them.

TS 3: The poem's last few lines represent a shift in tone which suggests a hopeful anticipation for springs renewal and the speaker's strength in the face of autumns departure.

Topic 1:

Cary’s use of personification emphasizes the speaker’s deep connection to nature and her reluctant acceptance of the season’s transition.

Topic 2:

Alice Cary uses colors such as brown and yellow to describe her negative feelings towards the fading of summer and the rise of autumn.

Topic 3: The speaker’s tone is contrasted by the differences each season brings, with appreciation for summer and her contempt towards the colder seasons.

1. Cary uses a structured rhyme scheme to create harmony throughout the poem which parrels the beauty and harmony of nature and the seasons.

2. Cary uses personification of the seasons to underscore her changing emotions that follow the changing seasons. 

3. The poem’s thoughtful tone shows Cary’s inner conflict as she comes to terms with the end of the season, balancing sadness with peaceful acceptance.

The author uses repetitive rhyme to demonstrate the consistency of the seasons changing.

The author personifies greenery to dramaticize the death of summer and the imminent winter.

The author juxtaposes the vivacity of summer and the grimness of winter to further emphasize the contrast between them.