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The whole hillside turns prematurely white: fall webworms
Dave Bonta
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The whole hillside turns prematurely white: fall webworms
The poem is built around a small trick of perception. For two lines we seem to be looking at snow: a whole hillside turning white, and "prematurely" suggests winter has arrived before its time. Then the last line, "fall webworms," changes everything.
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