Talking About "Trees" by Joyce Kilmer

Dialogue:

Jaegyum: Hey Jaeyi, we learned about a new poem in English class today. It’s called “Trees” by Joyce Kilmer.

Jaeiyi: Oh, really? What’s it about?

Jaegyum: It’s about how beautiful and amazing trees are. Our teacher showed us a blog post about it too, this one: https://study53.tistory.com/167. It explains the poem in Korean.

Jaeiyi: Cool, let me see! Jaeyi looks at the blog post on Jaegyum’s tablet. Ah, I see. It says here that the poet thinks trees are the most lovely things God made.

Jaegyum: Yeah! He says things like “I think that I shall never see / A poem lovely as a tree.” He thinks no poem can be as beautiful as a real tree.

Jaeiyi: That’s a strong statement! Why do you think he felt that way?

Jaegyum: Well, the poem talks about how trees drink rainwater and look up to the sky with their leafy arms. The blog post also mentioned how trees provide shelter for animals and give us clean air. Maybe he thought their natural beauty and usefulness were something no human could create as perfectly.

Jaeiyi: That makes sense. I like how the poem says, “A tree that may in Summer wear / A nest of robins in her hair.” It’s like the tree is a person with birds living in its leaves!

Jaegyum: Exactly! And it ends by saying, “Poems are made by fools like me, / But only God can make a tree.” He’s being humble about his own poetry compared to the creation of a tree.

Jaeiyi: I get it now. So the poem is really appreciating the natural beauty and wonder of trees, and acknowledging that nature's creations are greater than human art.

Jaegyum: Yes, that’s what I understood too. It makes me want to go outside and look at the trees in our schoolyard more closely.

Jaeiyi: Me too! Maybe we can even try to write our own short poems about the trees we see.

Jaegyum: That’s a great idea! It would be good practice for our English writing too.

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