The Burning Of The Leaves

"The Burning of the Leaves" by author Laurence Binyon is a tale about the experience of burning leaves, written in the format of a poem. The poem captures the event of burning leaves from the beginning to the end.

The most important phrase in this poem is that very last line, "Nothing is certain, only the certain spring." I believe the ending is always the most important part of a story or poem. It's what the audience has been waiting to read. In this case, I think the author meant that the only thing he can be sure of, is that spring is coming. It comes every year the same time, and there will be new leaves blooming. He believes the cycle will start all over again. That I believe is true as well, the only thing we can't be certain of when it is time for the leaves to be burnt, how many there will be. How long it will take to burn, and of course what the flame will look like.

What I would like to remember about this poem is the simple fact the author created four great size paragraphs about a topic, an event so minature, but yet he expresses it with such great detail that it transformed into a great poem.

I found the poem difficult to understand in the terms of text. It was hard trying to understand Laurence Binyon's words in the matter of the way writes. Following his phrases became difficult half way through the poem. I had to continue returning to previous phrases to read them over again.

I didn't understand the poem's second paragraph phrase "All the extravagant riches spent and mean." My furtherest understanding of that phrase is that, now all the leaves have fallen and it was time for their burning finish.

As compared to other pieces of writing, I did not enjoy this poem as much as other poems and stories we have read. The length of the poem was short which allowed me, the reader to shorten my time spending on this homework.