Kay Ryan's Poem 'A Certain Kind Of Eden'

In Kay Ryan’s poem “A Certain Kind of Eden,” the author shows how no matter how much people try to change, control and manipulate life, it is impossible to do so due to their unpredictable natures.
The opening line directly questions the possibility of “replant[ing] nature. It is confirmed to be impossible shortly after, saying “you can’t go back and pull- the roots and runners and replant.” The roots and runners act as the core, essential parts of the plant. It shows how it may be possible to go back and fix the mistakes that have been made, but “it’s all too deep” to be completely reversed. The power of nature is described as a metaphor of the basic parts of people’s lives. Men have not “[chosen] the bean [nor] the soil. The bean and soil