Why are the trees called trusting and unsuspecting inthe poem who robbed the woods byemily dickinson
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Who Robbed The Woods
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?
Classification
This poem can be classified as a free verse poem for the main fact that there is no meter throughout the entire poem. This poem has several different meters ranging from 2 to 4. This poem is also a free verse poem because it has no specific rhyme scheme that is constant.
This poem could also be classified as a Pastoral poem because nature is the main focus.
Rhythmic Scheme
There is no specific rhythmic scheme throughout the whole poem, there are many different meters throughout the whole poem from 2 to 4 feet per line. Some of the lines do not have a even amount of syllables per each line so you can not even put it into feet to make the meter.
Rhyme Scheme
This poem is unique for the fact that the rhyme scheme is not well known. The Poem starts off with ending the first two lines with the same word making them not rhyming words but the same word. After though, from lines 3 to 9 the rhyme scheme is constant with every other line rhyming making the rhyme scheme turn out to be AAB-B-C-C. (Dashes (-) are representing the lines with no rhyming words.)
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?
Themes and Symbols
The obvious main theme of this poem is nature. The author uses several words, "woods", "trees", "burrs and mosses", etc, to depict a very natural scene. The natural scene that is portrayed symbolizes innocence and freedom.
Conversely, another theme is destruction for personal gain. This can be found especially in the lines, "His fantasy to please./ He scanned their trinkets, curious,/ He grasped, he bore away." This theme explores the idea that man has taken from nature so that his own needs and wants were fulfilled.
Another theme is helplessness. In this case, the theme is symbolized by the trees. As they are destroyed for ignorant purposes, they have no chance, because they are unable to defend themselves. Therfore, the trees are mindlessly destroyed, without being able to fight back, much less voice their hurt. This we see in the lines, "What will the solemn hemlock/ What will the fir-tree say?"
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