The speaker begins by describing autumn as the time of the year of fruit production and fogginess. The speaker states that autumn is a dear friend of the blossoming sun. The speaker reveals that autumn and the sun are plotting how to make fruit and how to ripen crops before they harvest. The speaker states how ripen of crops will lead to the droppings of seeds. The speaker imagines how the seeds will soon be flowers for the bees. The speaker begins the second stanza by asking has anyone seen autumn hanging around his/her store. The speaker states that occasionally one that search across the land for autumn might find autumn positioned on a granary’s ground with the his/her hair blowing in the wind. The speaker suggest that one can find autumn