the way through the woods by Rudyard Kipling summary
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This poem summary focuses on the hauntingly beautiful poem ‘The Way through the Woods’ by Rudyard Kipling. Kipling is best known for his novels and stories based in India, where he was born. However, poems such as this one also contribute to his literary merit. It is not often you come across a poem that is both descriptive and evocative, but ‘The way through the Woods’ is just that. It describes an old forest path, but through such a description, it evokes various emotions in its readers. Next the poet-narrator describes what has happened after the forest path has been closed down. He says that trees had been planted so that they could grow all over the place where the path had previously been, and obscure its very existence. Because of the thick forest cover, there is no sunlight as it is, and rain too has come down at regular intervals within the forest, having contributed to the further disappearance of the path. The seventh line of this stanza contains a clue that the landscape being described is an English one. This makes sense because, as is well known, Kipling only gained fame as a writer after returning to England from India.
Answer: The theme of this poem is power of nature over man. Rudyard describes a struggle between mans' creations and natures power of regrowth. “The Way through the Woods” is the title of this poem and it also tells us there was once a known way through the woods.