Poem Analysis
‘God is Great!’ I think I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree; A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the sweet earth’s flowing breast A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me. But only God can make a tree. - Unknown Author - My humble attempt towards the general meaning of the poem : I think I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. A tree has its ever hungry mouth (the roots) pressed against the earth for nourishment (just as a baby would press its mouth firmly against its mother’s breast). A tree looks up (as the branches protrude upwards to the sky) at God the whole day long and has its arms (the branches) lifted up to pray. When summer arrives, she (the tree) bears a nest of robins in her hair (again branches); the very bosom on which snow had lain the last w