The Poplar Field

The poem “The Poplar Field”discusses the preservation of nature. Through this poem, the poet wants to show how chopping down trees are bad for us comparing the chopping down of trees to a man’s life and death..

This poem starts with the description of a forest and the changes that have come after the trees are cut down. With the trees, all the attractions of the place have gone. Neither there is the shade nor there is the sweet music of birds nor is even the wind playing there. Then the poet says that he will die very soon but before his death certainly a new jungle will not take place instead of trees that have cut down. He says that the pleasures of man are not permanent or not long lasting. Rather, they are shorter than the short human life. They finish before a man dies. The poet confesses his frustrations of not being able to enjoy the beauty of the poplar fields to its fullest. This same fate was and is taking over every other forest and fields in the world which makes the writer both angry and sad , for all he can do is write about it.