Question

Be the Best
If you can't be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley—but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill,
Be a bush if you can't be a tree
If you can't be a bush be a bit of the grass,
And some highway happier make;
If you can't be a muskie then just be a bass
But be the liveliest bass in the lake!
We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here


What is the poet tone in the poem

Answer 1

The poet says that if you can't be a pine tree standing tall on the top of the hill then that doesn't mean you are not worthy enough to be a part of the forest. You can always be the best scrub in the valley beside the rill (rivulet) making the valley beautiful.