“When the Gourd Has Dried Leaves”: Who is the speaker? How does the cycle of the seasons play into the poem’s argument? Are there any double-entendres at work in this argument?

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The speaker is a man waiting for his lover. He is expressing that he will wait until the winter for his beloved. It is clear from the poem that the time when the gourd has dried leaves is the mating season. The poem could have double meaning, referencing the heat of their love (drying the leaves) and the potential for it to cool (frozen river).

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