The Autumn Leaves

The Motive for Metaphor
By Wallace Stevens

You like it under the trees in autumn,
because everything is half dead.
The wind moves like a cripple among the leaves
and repeats words without meaning

That is just the first few lines of the poem but right now they are the ones that I can picture. I really don't need to use my imagination for those lines, all I need to do is look out the window. This time of year the trees are so mesmerizing . The colors are golden and fiery. Yet the reason the trees are so beautiful is because the leaves are dying. I don't know why I find this to be so meaningful. I guess that to me it is saying that even in death things can still be beautiful. Even though the leaves are dying people are looking at them with appreciation and awe.