Poem

"Lost Brother" is the poem I picked to analyze. I liked this poem a lot and I liked the way that it was tought in class. I like the fact that we teach those in class it gives different people's perspective's on the same poem. So to begin I thought the poem was mostly about how the author feels we are losing nature. On the ACT there was a reading about the tallest tree's and how they could survive in those conditions. When I read this poem it reminded me of that story. We could lose the tree's that have been here longer then any of us have, and we wouldn't bat an eyelash. I believe in a way the author is trying to show us that nature shouldn't be treated like simple plants but like family. We need to cherish it and take care of it like we would a brother. Or "Mother" wuld be sad. "Mother" in this poem represents Mother Nature. Because she takes care of all living things like tree's. The tone of the piece is rather admiring towards his "brother" but yet sorrowful that he is lost now. I kinda wondered why people ahd cut it down, this 4,862 year old tree. Was it in the way of some new building? It wasn't important enough? And this poem shows you that this tree has a story adn has seen many more years then we have and suddenly his story is no longer important. "His company" gone, "pink mounain pennyroyal" gone, "White Angelica" gone. The "prepared to live as long as he did" line shows the authors religiius side. He obviously isn't going to live as long as that tree as a human. But he knows he can live an eternal life in God that will be longer than the tree's. The last line is the climax and sarcastic "bag of wind will cut me down." that's the big Climax it shows that yes we're cutting down tree's for no reason. And It's really sad.