Stanley Moss Lost Brother Analysis

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We often forget that we must live in a mutually peaceful existence with all beings no matter the significance. In the poem “Lost Brother” by Stanley Moss, he brings the readers to the understanding that man will always have an unmistakable bond with nature, in fact, he gets into detail about a particular but unfortunate tree he encountered that was being hurt from deforestation. Moss is portraying the theme of everything has a bond no matter what it is. For instance, he conveys the theme by making an emotional connection with a old bristlecone tree by expressing how saddened he was when finding out the tree's fate of being cut down after such a long life. More importantly, in line one through four he associated himself with the bristlecone

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