"Golden Grove" by Sergei Esenin
"Golden Grove" has a somewhat depressing tone. I think that the "golden grove" itself may be a metaphor for life or something else that has a lot of meaning to the speaker. In the beginning the speaker says that the golden grove has "fallen silent" and that it has no reason to speak or function any longer. The speaker also describes himself as now being alone in in a "naked flatland" or "bare expanse," which means that he feels alone without the golden grove. Though he seems to be depressed, he does recognize that he cannot live with regret. The fifth stanza may be more upbeat, saying that "grasses will survive." The ending, in my opinion, means that if everything is destroyed (the leaves and grasses in the poem may be a metaphor for the things in his life) it is because the golden grove fell silent.