Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
What is the final message conveyed by the poet?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Human creations are insignificant compared to God’s creations.
The poem ends with the lines “Poems are made by fools like me, / But only God can make a tree.”
- A poem is made by a human being. A tree is made by God.
- The poet says no poem can be as lovely as a tree.
- Insignificant means small and not important. So the final message is that what people make is small next to what God makes. Example: Our little model of the mountain looked insignificant beside the real peak.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: Trees outlive poems. — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the poem says nothing about how long trees or poems last. It compares their beauty and their maker.
Option 3: Nature and human creations are equally beautiful. — Incorrect. Contradicted: the poet says he will never see “A poem lovely as a tree.” For him, the tree is more beautiful.
Option 4: Poets are foolish to write about nature. — Incorrect. Misread: the poet calls himself one of the “fools”. He says this to sound humble next to God. He does not say that writing about nature is foolish.