The central idea of the poem is about life's survival. The two subjects in the poem – the apple tree and the grass – are examples cited in the poem of living life unknown to the majority, that they have to impart their struggles to prove their survival. Two details to support this answer is attached
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The central idea of the poem is about life's survival.
Explanation:
In the text it states "But I'm still alive in trunk and shoot.The buds of next May.I fold away".The two characters in the poem – the apple tree and the grass – are examples cited in the poem of living life unknown to the majority.In the text it also states " But under the ground I am safe and sound With the snow’s thick blanket over me laid.
I’m all alive, and ready to shoot, Should the spring of the year
Come dancing here—"That shows that they have to impart their struggles to prove their survival.
