A Girl
A Girl - meaning Summary
Tree and Self Entwined
The poem presents a speaker who collapses distinction between self and natural life, imagining a tree literally growing into and through them. Images of sap, branches, moss, and violets create a visceral merging of human and plant, while the childlike phrasing underlines a sense of wonder and innocence. The final line suggests this intimate identification will be dismissed or misunderstood by wider society.
Read Complete AnalysesThe tree has entered my hands, The sap has ascended my arms, The tree has grown in my breast - Downward, The branches grow out of me, like arms. Tree you are, Moss you are, You are violets with wind above them. A child - so high - you are, And all this is folly to the world.
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