Read this excerpt from "Departure" Which theme is expressed in both excerpts?
Andi
as old bones, the pine trees
strangely red where the sun comes down
I cannot say if it our love,
or the day, that is ending
Read this excerpt from "Going Back to School."
And ran, and was a part of what rejoices
In thunderous nights of rain, lay in the grass
Sun-baked and tired, looking through a maze
Of tiny stems into a new green world,
O Many people
only find true happiness when they are
in nature
O Sometimes nature is so powerful that it can affect
one's mood.
O Oftentimes the true meaning of life can only be
found in nature.
Nature is often symbolic of different emotions
experienced in life.