Tanka 5
Though love has grown cold The woods are bright with flowers, Why not as of old Go to the wildwood bowers And dream of — bygone hours!
Sadakichi Hartmann
Though love has grown cold The woods are bright with flowers, Why not as of old Go to the wildwood bowers And dream of — bygone hours!
Love has grown cold, yet the speaker looks around and sees the woods still bright with flowers. That contrast sets up the whole poem: personal loss against nature’s continuing beauty.
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