ERP ID: 11341
NAME: Zahra Shahbaz Ladak
COURSE: English Grammar and Composition SSC-101
Spring and fall not only demonstrates two different seasons but two different feelings and emotions. Spring is considered the season of happiness and love, whereas fall is considered as the season of sorrow and grief. Once it was Spring and fresh flowers covered the land, the odour from the flowers, the beauty of colors filled the city where Margaret lived. Everywhere in the nature became full of aroma of romance such as flowers started to bloom, trees started getting new leaves, sky became cloudless, rivers murmured mildly, etc.
Young Margaret unaware about the hardships of the world loved the beauty and pleasant atmosphere around her. The fresh flowers, the scent of them in the air appealed to her innocent personality. Now it is Fall, the season when young leaves and flowers fall from the tree. Young Margaret is sorrowful for the flowers and leaves that no longer beautify the city. The scent of flowers, the pleasant atmosphere, the fresh air, the colourful view is all lost. Atmosphere of unpleasantness and sorrow embraces the city. The sunny weather of Fall has started to wipe off the footprints of the rainy season. The muddy paths are dried up. The bogs and swamps are no more seen. The marshy-land gets dried and ditches are dried too.. Water in ponds and rivers is no more muddy. Dry brittle leaves are falling, crackling under feet as one walk into the darkened forest.
Although spring and fall are two seasons but Margaret being young, innocent and unaware about the world and the conspiracies feel sad about the changes in season, although once her mind matures and cultivates she surely will understand that life is all about hardships and struggles.

RE-WRITING
The poem Spring and Fall is written by the poet Gerand Manley Hopkins. The poem is about a young girl Margaret who is sad to leave Goldengrove where autumn is about to arrive.
ONCE
* Once it was summer and fresh leaves covered the land. Everything in nature became active and new life was felt on earth. * The summers in Goldengrove were a source of happiness and love for children like Margaret since the colors of flowers and leaves bloomed the entire land and was a source of freshness to heart. * Once Margaret was a child wandering along the roads, carelessly enjoying the little little happiness that life brought for her, she was a young girl unaware of the hardships of world. * Once everywhere in the nature became full of aroma of romance such as flowers started to bloom, trees started getting new leaves, sky became cloudless and even the rivers murmured mildly. * Nature once joyfully announced the birth of fresh flowers that were to become the source of joy for young hearts like that of Margaret.

NOW * Now season of autumn has arrived in its full swing and the leaves have started to fall. The colorful trees are no longer a source of freshness to heart. Summer’s green hue is fading away. * The autumn has become a source of sorrow and grief for Margaret because the young leaves and flowers fall from the tree and they no longer beautify the city. * Margaret is now adult and awaiting her death. She feels that childhood days of carelessness no longer prevails and an atmosphere of unpleasantness and sorrow embraces the city. * The muddy paths are now dried up. The marshy land, ditches and gutters are all dried up. Leaves have started to change and vibrant shades of green are slowly being replaced by orange and yellow colors. * Nature has now announced the fall of dry brittle leaves that fall and crackle under feet as one walk. Margaret is weeping over her aging life and the season of sadness.

Margaret who once was pleased by the summers, the fresh flowers , its aroma and cared more about the leaves than about man or life is now upset because of the fall and is now mourning over her own mortality.