Poetry about Oak Trees

These oak tree poems pay homage to the sturdy and enduring these trees. They use these ancient giants to symbolize strength, resilience, and wisdom.

These verses often explore the profound connections between oak trees and human life, with their deep roots and long lifespans. Poets use imagery of oak leaves, acorns, and sprawling branches to evoke the awe-inspiring presence of these trees in the natural world.

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The Arrow and the Song

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

‘The Arrow and the Song’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is an interesting poem that utilizes quatrains. Throughout the piece, the speaker alludes to the unknown impact of his poetry before finding it in the heart of his friend in the last stanza.

The moment when the speaker finds the arrow stuck in an oak gives this tree a special place in the poem. The oak becomes more than just a setting. It holds part of the speaker’s past and makes it possible for him to find something he had long forgotten. Though the tree appears only once, its presence marks a turning point in the poem. It grounds the memory and shows how nature can store small events.

I shot an arrow into the air,

It fell to earth, I knew not where;

For, so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

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The Haunted Oak

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

‘The Haunted Oak’ is a poem in which the narrator speaks to a tree which recounts the story of a lynching which took place there. This poem highlights the racial injustice which was taking place in America at the time and some of the horrific crimes that took place as a result.

The oak tree's story that it has to tell tell is central to the poem, but the oak tree itself does not feature that much, except for the murder itself. The poem is more about the experience and the things that led to the murder of the young man. The oak tree simply serves as a witness to what happened.

Pray why are you so bare, so bare,

Oh, bough of the old oak-tree;

And why, when I go through the shade you throw,

Runs a shudder over me?

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by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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