Robert Hass' "The Problem Describing Trees" begins with a rather stereotypical approach to a normal poem. The first two lines read, "The aspen glitters in the wind
And that delights us." As Hass goes on he continues to describe the trees in the wind in August, but then he hits a sang. His poem literally rejects itself when it says "No." Hass shows that he has hit a snag of sorts and decides that sometimes a poem needs to disenchant us.
I completely agree. I did not like this poem at all, the "No" rejects the entire beginning and normality of the poem.
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