
Touch, Love, Then Explain: A discussion of “Some Trees” by John Ashbery
Poem Talk
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The Last Thoughts About This Poem
Shakespeare's "Orlando" is about a man who writes sonnets on trees to show his love for another woman. In the poem, Orlando pretends loving poetry and carving Rosalyn's name on trees. He doesn't even know of true love that obviously you don't even know - but he can learn from nature. So this is my final thought about this poem: You have to be unite with trees.
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