Question

Read the poem " Who robbed the woods" by Emily Dickinson and answer the following questions.
Who Robbed the woods
by Emily Dickinson
Who robbed the woods,
The trusting woods?
The unsuspecting trees
Brought out their burrs and mosses
His fantasy to please.
He scanned their trinkets, curious,
He grasped, he bore away.
What will the solemn hemlock,
What will the fir-tree say?
1. What are the various themes in this poem?
2. Why are trees called "trusting" and "unsuspecting"?
3. What role of humans does the poetess convey through this poem? Use cause and effect words to explain the harm done by humans.
4.Write the summary of the poem.

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Answer 1

Explanation:

what are the various themes in this poem?

Answer 2

Answer to the given question is as follow:

1. Various themes of this poem include woods, trees and mosses.

2. Trees are called as "trusting" and "unsuspecting" because they always provide us with food, medicine and other essential things.

3.Humans rob the woods.

Harm done by human include:

• Degradation of the environment by converting forests to agricultural and urban uses, exploiting species, fragmenting wildlands, changing the demographic structure of forests, altering habitat, introducing exotic pests and competitors, and domesticating favoured species.

4. Summary

The poet, "Emily Dickinson" tries to express the emotions of trees and how humans have degraded the environment by converting forests to agricultural and urban uses, exploiting species, fragmenting wildlands, changing the demographic structure of forests, altering habitat, introducing exotic pests and competitors, and domesticating favoured species.