A Where are the songs of spring? Ay, Where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,
("To Autumn" by John Keats)

B
Hope is the thing with feathers
that perches in the soul
("Hope is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson)

C
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
("Let America be America Again" by Langston Hughes)

D
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
("Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe)

Time is not always change. time can also mean continuity, and it can mean keeping acknowledged truths in mind despite differences in circumstances.there is no better example of this in things fall apart than the retellings of the proverb about the bird named eneke, the language in both retellings is almost identical despite the length of time that has passed between their repetitions. in comparing the usages of the same proverb, achebe allows his readers to note the similarities and differences between the situations, and he them understand how this story can be applied to their own lives.