Humans Vs Mother Nature

"The Death of the Toad" spoke volumes to me the first time I read it. The general feeling

and motivation behind this poem seemed well put together and almost simple for one to

comprehend. Richard Wilbur writes this poem about a supposed toad being caught in a mower,

"A toad the power mower caught"(1). However, I believe that the writer uses the toad as a sort of

synecdoche for wild life in general and uses the "power mower" to represent humans and also

machinery. The writer uses these two metaphors in his poem to represent the struggle between

wildlife and the devastation being brought upon them by the human race. The writer is using the

toad and the power mower as tools to describe a bigger picture; the destruction of many wild life

habitats and Eco-systems by humans.

Right from the very first sentence, Richard Wilbur gets across his point. He tells one of

the tragedy that has occurred, "A toad the power mower has......

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Title: The Death Of A Toad
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