That time of year

This poem was a tricky one for me. I looked at it in two different ways. However, I feel as though the poem is talking about late fall when things begin to die and people lose sight of their youthful qualities. The reason I feel it is talking about fall is because of the line "when yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang". This refers to the time when the leaves are dying and begin to fall and change colors. Also, there is a correlation to death. As the darkness takes away the daylight, the darnkess is a symbol for death. The deathbed is where ones life is truly expired and they have lived completely. Death also causes you to give up what you love soon after you have it.