Jewett creates the memory of childhood pastimes by creating the moment of intensity. The heat of the moment, the “eager blood,” racing through Sylvia’s body reminisces children living for the moment. The personification of the red squirrel scolding Sylvia represents Sylvia as she remembers an event in her life where someone was scolding her, but this time she is one of the animals not a human. The giantess of the white oak as well as the pine tree allows

This is analogues to the circle of life starting on a voyage or at the bottom of a tree, working upwards until the journey is completed. Life brings many rewards for Sylvia her journey’s rewards come at the top of the tree, where she can gaze out and see for miles upon miles. Rewards can come sporadically thought life other can come at the end of life as one last big hurrah for others rewards come after the person is dead for as it was for Emily Dickens, her poetry was not published until after she was dead.

When life gets tough it seems that life slows down to a snail pace. The simile comparing the trees growth to the great mainmast of Earth ship represents that life is a voyage, starting in one spot sailing toward places unknown as future life events are unknown. Life, like a voyage can get blown of course this voyage that Sylvia was on did not seem to have this problem. The tree is still and able to keep the winds from affecting the voyage

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