now is the winter

Related
  • discontentUnhappiness with circumstances
  • gloriousMagnificently beautiful or impressive
  • summerYear's warmest season
  • sunEarth's primary star
  • coldLow temperature state

bitter · bleak · frozen · ice · bare · desolate · throne · king · hunchback · soliloquy · ambition · darkness · jealousy · scheming · war · roses · brother · shadow

Opposites
seasonal/temporal metaphor

now is the winterspringtime

Season following winter

halcyon days · salad days · Indian summer · midsummer · high summer

emotional/political state

now is the wintertriumph

Resounding, celebrated victory

jubilation · golden age · renaissance · victory · milk and honey

literary opening tone

now is the winteronce upon a time

Traditional narrative opening

all's well that ends well · call me Ishmael

Familiarity
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