Come up from the Fields Father

... Come up from the Fields Father Come up from the Fields Father is set in the American Civil War in autumn in a nice cool green environment. The poem starts with the daughter calling "Come up from the fields father....And come to the front door mother" to read a letter from "our Pete". After the initial introduction of an old man up in the fields the poem goes on to describe the weather conditions: "'tis autumn, Lo, where the trees, deeper green yellower and redder" giving the impressions of a cool green autumnal paradise. The description of the environment and the view goes on for three stanzas. But Paradise doesn't always have a happy ending. Then the mother moves "Fast as she can" but "something ominous" causes "her steps trembling". They "Open the envelope quickly" but the "mothers soul" is "stricken" because "this is not our son's writing". In the letter is written

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