Lost Brother~ Stanley Moss

After reading this poem, I am willing to bet that the speaker is definitely an environmentalist. the poem seems to be written from the viewpoint of a tree, and is about said trees' brother. The speaker is proud of his brother, and the poem reads almost like a eulogy for the fallen tree. The speaker mentions the cause of death, followed by the age at which the tree died. The speaker goes on to talk about his relationship with the tree and how he felt when he learned it had been cut down. The middle of the poem is about the fallen tree's life.  It talks of how and where he lived, the trees that were his neighbors, and the animals that came  and went with the seasons. The last section differs from the traditional eulogy, speaking about the speaker, as opposed to the fallen tree. The speaker tells us that he will live as long as his brother, for his mothers sake, and that he will live a life that is full of joy and suffering. The last line is foreshadowing to his own death, as he says, "Sooner or later, some bag of wind will cut me down." This a reference to how the fate of his brother is the same fate that awaits him, being cut down by a human. I find it very amusing that humans are referred to as bags of wind,  hinting that the speaker believes that humans have no intelligence, that we have no mind and no humanity, because of our tree-cutting habits.