HELP! can someone give me some sort of figurative meaning of this poem?

Question

These are the days when Birds come back
Emily Dickinson
130

These are the days when Birds come back—
A very few—a Bird or two—
To take a backward look.

These are the days when skies resume
The old—old sophistries of June—
A blue and gold mistake.

Oh fraud that cannot cheat the Bee—
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief.

Till ranks of seeds their witness bear—
And softly thro' the altered air
Hurries a timid leaf.

Oh Sacrament of summer days,
Oh Last Communion in the Haze—
Permit a child to join.

Thy sacred emblems to partake—
They consecrated bread to take
And thine immortal wine!

Answer 1

"These are the days when Birds come back—
A very few—a Bird or two—
To take a backward look." When she writes these lines she means that the old values are returning, because the aults are re-instating them. Except she also means that these values are archaic and may even be refering to the idea that they are not of worth.
"These are the days when skies resume
The old—old sophistries of June—
A blue and gold mistake" Sophistries coudl be refering to sophocles (one of the developers of philosophy) which means as stated before the older generation are teaching the young ancient philosophies in the modern era: "altered air". Old values of religion that are commenced by the ritual of the firs communion.
"Till ranks of seeds their witness bear—
And softly thro' the altered air
Hurries a timid leaf."
These stanzas could mean that the parents speak not only of christ but also of hell and the evils that lay with it. This encourages (not always) the child to turn quickly to god. The mention of this line not only speaks of a non-believer going to hell, it also implies the idea of the rapture.
Thefirst communion is a ritual that catholics celebrate to signify the childs entrance to adulthood. We are made aware of this in the last two stanzas, "They conscrated bread to take and thine immortal wine!" The child eats the scared bread which represents christ and drinks red wine, and is welcome into maturity. The poem also speaks of the child become a full member of the catholic church, by preforming the ritual, which should somehow make he/she believe in god. "Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief" which means eating the scared bread makes christ a part fo them because they have eaten a part of christ. This does nto say literally apart of christ, but actaully that christ is in the thoughts of the child, who must now be as wise as an adult for they have internalized what is considered godly: goodness.
When she says "Permit a child to join." she may be refering to the catholics allowing the child to join them, because they want to save his/her soul from damnation. It may be more of a statement than a plea. Spring is childhood, summer is adolescent, fall is young adult to middle adulthood and winter is old age. Her refering to summer, means she is refering to adolescent, that is when the twelve year old is expected to commit communion.

Answer 2

It kinda seems like the religion of nature. She compares nature to religious elements, and then finishes by asking to partake in it. She speaks of thinking nature in itself as being divine and immortal, and she wishes to join it.

Answer 3

summers here!