What is the context of above quoted lines of the poem the heart of the tree 2 stanza
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What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants cool shade and tender rain,
So, the poet repeats the question to begin a new stanza and attempts to answer again in the subsequent lines. The tree he plants provides us with cool shade and helps in bringing rain.
And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fade and flush again;
A tree will produce seed and bud in future. Years will pass silently but the tree will remain there through its seeds producing new trees.
He plants the glory of the plain;
He plants the forest’s heritage;
Trees are the main elements that make a plain area green and beautiful. So the poet describes trees as ‘the glory of the plain’. Moreover, today’s single tree may turn into a forest someday. So by planting a tree now the man plants a ‘forest’s heritage’.
The harvest of a coming age;
The joy that unborn eyes shall see—
These things he plants who plants a tree.
The speaker mentions that planting a tree today would give fruits in coming days. Our next generations would be delighted seeing so much vegetation and reap its benefits. So all the credit goes to the man who plants a tree.
In this stanza of the poem The Heart of the Tree the poet stresses on the importance of planting a tree for making this earth a better living place for future generations.