The only use of first person in the poem draws attention to personal experience. Voice of the speaker is like a teacher telling us a moral lesson. The tone suggests instruction and builds to moral ...

Tis not through envy of thy happy lot, But being too happy in thine happiness - That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, In some melodious plot ...

Like such a blind and senseless tree/ As I've imagined this to be' Envy is presented as having the power to blind us to the good in our own selves. Theme Nature: The poem uses images from the ...