The poets of the nineteenth century wrote on a variety of topics. One often-used topic is that of love. The theme of love has been approached in many different ways. Emily Dickinson is one of the numerous poets who use love as the subject of several of her poems. In "if you were coming in the fall," Emily Dickinson uses several metaphors to enhance the theme of the time spent waiting for love.
In this poem Emily Dickinson uses metaphor that paints a picture about lost love. It shows that time does not matter when you're waiting for your love. "If you were coming in the fall, /I'd brush t…
