What did the wind mean by "Come o'er the meadows with me, and play"? It meant that they should come down from the trees and be blown away by the wind across the fields.
What does it mean by "Put on your dresses of red and gold"? Before they fall, the leaves have many beautiful colours.
What was the colour of their dresses in summer? When do they begin to change colour very quickly?
What leaves show the most beautiful colours? What different colours have you noticed that leaves have?
When does the wind call? When it blows loudly or whistles.
Do you know what the wind says when it calls? Why not? We do not understand the language that it speaks.
How did the leaves show that they understood? They obeyed at once and came down from the trees.
What is meant by "fluttering" down? They came down slowly, moving from side to side, and turning over and over as they fell. (This could be shown in the class-room quite easily.)
Which line in the first stanza corresponds in meaning with the third line of the second? The second line.
What makes the fields "brown"? It is the end of the summer, and the grass and the plants have dried up.