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Apr 01, ‘ When Great Trees Fall ‘ by Maya Angelou is a moving poem that discusses the impact lost loved ones have on the living. In the first lines, the speaker begins by using an extended metaphor to describe a natural scene.

She speaks about the reaction of animals when “great trees fall”. They hide, hunker down, and “lumber after safety”.Reviews: 6. When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety.

When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. Apr 17, It’s etched on my heart.

Then, when my uncle Jeno died, my aunt Cathy asked me to read a poem. I chose to read parts of Maya Angelou’s “When Great Trees Fall.” Here it is: When Great Trees Fall. When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety.

When great Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Sep 23, When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Jun 24, When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety.

When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly."When Great Trees Fall": The Pòetry of Maya Angelou Mary Jane Lupton As Annie a child Johnson growing in up St. in Louis, Stamps, Missouri Arkansas, in Maya ) Angelou developed (born an Marguerite early love Annie Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri in ) developed an early love for the music of African American poetry and for the rhythms of the Negro.

When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear.

When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly, see with. More Tree Poems: WHEN GREAT TREES FALL by Maya Angelou. When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. When great trees fall in forests, small things recoil into silence, their senses eroded beyond fear. When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile.