“The Call of The Wild”
The theme of “The Call of The Wild” is animal protection and war prevention. In this poem, Snyder expresses his thoughts through the angle of an old man who has been living in the forest his whole life. He blames the government for trapping and killing the coyotes in the forest. As the humans are fighting each other, the lives and homes of the coyotes and other animals are also being destroyed.
“Prayer for the Great Family” and “O Waters”
The theme of “Prayer of the Great Family” and “O Waters” is to praise earth and nature. Snyder lists many wonderful resources that our mother earth provides us, such as plants, air, water, the sun, wild beings and the sky. He praises the beauty of them and how fortunate we are to have them and to be able to enjoy them. In his poem “O Waters”, Snyder specifically talks about water and the fact that it runs everywhere and washes away everything.
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