An Old Fashioned Song

THEME

• life is temporary
• "we and the trees and the way/ back from the fields of play/ lasted as long as we could/ no more walks in the woods"
• "not even a wagon rut"
• "now they are gone for good"

Personification

• "trees arched above"

Metaphor

• "when branches were the sky"

Imagery

• "back from fields of play"
• "the trees have all been cut"
• "of afternoons in the clover"

Tone

• calm and reflective

Symbol

• "no more walks in the woods" = passing of time

THE EAGLES