Summary

The opening line introduces the speaker's contentment with their body when in the woods. Being there causes them to forget their form and physical separation from everything around them. The speaker forgets their arms, legs, nose, waste, nerves, and skin. In Line 4, the speaker begins to meld into their environment, becoming aspen, mountain, river, stone, leaf, path, flower, evergreen, current, berry, mushroom, avalanche, cliff, wild iris, duff, waterfall, and dew. This aligns with the speaker's desires. Everything shines in a new and positive light.

Analysis

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s free verse poem “Yes, That’s When” showcases a speaker experiencing the world as a unified whole without needing to have a separate self. The poem can be classified as a nature poem due to its focus on the connection between human experience and the environment. While in the woods, the speaker merges with the...