No!
Thomas Hood
No sun— moon!
No morn—no noon—
No dawn—
No sky—no earthly view—
No distance looking blue—
No road—no street—no "t'other side the way"—
No end to any Row—
No indications where the Crescents go—
No top to any steeple—
No recognitions of familiar people—
No courtesies for showing 'em—
No knowing 'em!
No traveling at all—no locomotion,
No inkling of the way—no notion—
"No go"—by land or ocean—
No mail—no post—
No news from any foreign coast—
No park—no ring—no afternoon gentility—
No company—no nobility—
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member—
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds,
November!
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Summary: In this poem, ‘November’, the poet Thomas Hood describes the bleakness of a November. A heavy fog obscures everything: the sun, the moon, the steeples, the roadways, the parks, even the faces of people on the streets. Travel close down because of the fog. As a result, there are no mail deliveries and no ships arriving with news from foreign countries. Visitors stay away because the autumn has stripped the leaves from the trees, killed the flowers and fruits, and banished birds, bees, and butterflies. There is nothing left to cheer those venturing through the city.
The theme of the poem is the bleakness of a November day in London. A heavy fog—and perhaps a bit of smog from chimney smoke—obscures everything: the sun, the moon, the steeples, the roadways, the parks, even the faces of people on the streets.
Because of the fog, travel ceases. Consequently, there are no mail deliveries and no ships arriving with news from foreign countries. Moreover, visitors stay away from the inner rings of Regent's Park and Hyde Park, where elegant people tend to congregate. And, because autumn has stripped the leaves from the trees, killed the flowers and fruits, and banished birds, bees, and butterflies, there is nothing left to cheer those venturing through the city.
