What is the central idea of the poem The Black Walnut Tree?
What is the central idea of the poem The Black Walnut Tree?
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The poem examines the advantages and disadvantages of selling a significant black walnut tree. Although the tree on their land reflects their family history and the labor their ancestors put in to build a home there, the speaker and her mother are pondering selling it. The speaker had a dream about her “fathers,” who immigrated to Ohio from Europe to work, which serves to reinforce the idea that they would have to live with unrelenting guilt if they cut down the tree. The two make the decision to retain the tree, at least temporarily.
The Black Walnut Tree Summary