The Summer Day

This poem is about life. The author challenges the reader to think about their own life. The quote "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" says much about the author's overall message to get across in this piece. She wants us to take a look into our daily lives. She wants us to think about the small details that more often than not get overlooked. She uses a specific grasshopper to emphasize her point.  She notes the tiny details about this grasshopper that I personally would not to stop and think about, such as, the way she moves her jaws back and forth as opposed to up and down. At the beginning of the poem she asks who created this world and the creatures on it. She talks about how everything dies and usually it happens to soon. This poem conveys the message that our lives get taken for granted everyday and we as a society need to slow down and enjoy every minute of it.