Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TREE, by EZRA POUND Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I stood still and was a tree amid the wood Last Line: That was rank folly to my head before. Subject(s): Environment; Trees; Environmental Protection; Ecology; Conservation | ||||||||
I stood still and was a tree amid the wood, Knowing the truth of things unseen before; Of Daphne and the laurel bow And that god-feasting couple old That grew elm-oak amid the wold. 'Twas not until the gods had been Kindly entreated, and had been brought within Unto the hearth of their heart's home That they might do this wonder thing; Nathless I have been a tree amid the wood And many a new thing understood That was rank folly to my head before. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLACK NIKES by HARRYETTE MULLEN ISLE OF MULL, SCOTLAND by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE SABBATH, 1985, VI by WENDELL BERRY PLANTING TREES by WENDELL BERRY THE OLD ELM TREE BY THE RIVER by WENDELL BERRY |
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