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In addition, the poem serves as a joyous reminder of the intense and intimate feelings of belonging—a sense of place—which humans can experience in the natural world. Focusing on images of the canyon's tremendous natural beauty, coupled with the beauty and innocence of a small child, the poem blends two worlds—the human and the non-human —and brings a human presence back into the canyon to "embrace / The spirit of this place."