The document analyzes the poem "The Falling Leaves" by Margareth Postgate Cole. It finds the poem uses extensive metaphor to depict soldiers dying in World War I as autumn leaves falling from trees. The falling leaves represent the vast numbers of young men killed in battle, their lives cut short unexpectedly. Through metaphor and simile, the poem vividly conveys the senseless waste of human life during the war in just 12 lines. It concludes the poem is a moving tribute to soldiers who lost their lives, using natural imagery to reflect on the tragedy of death in conflict.