First Impression: The poem started strong with the feeling of reminiscence. It then goes into a feeling of lost time. I feel like this poem ties into "the coming of age."



Evocative Words: Now, of my threescore years and ten, twenty will not come again, and take from seventy springs a score, it only leaves me fifty more.



Figurative Language: Housman compares yearly change in life of a cherry tree to a life of a person.



Structure: This poem is short and concise. It conveys the message through rhyme in doing this, the poet made Loveliest of Trees an easy poem to understand.



Big Idea: As Housman used the description of years to carry his message, it became clear as to what he was talking about. "Fifty springs are little room." The best way to describe this is to say he has an urgency to slow down. Now that he has looked upon life, he realizes he need to live in the moment and enjoy the little things.