Natural Imagery
It's everywhere, and it's the key to unlocking "Flare." This poem oozes with leaves, flowers, bugs, fields. If it's green and outdoors, this poem's got it. Why's our speaker such a nature lover? Fo...
Changes and Transformations
The natural world and the art of poetry are a big deal to our speaker largely because they can impart profound, transformative experiences. They can transform how we feel and how we understand the...
Past Versus Present
In this poem there's a sort of tension between remembering and mourning the past and experiencing the present. Our speaker is clearly a fan of paying respect to the past, then moving firmly on to f...