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This poem is about H.D feeling inferior as a woman poet. The seeds
mentioned throughout the poem are a symbol of herself and her thoughts. The
seeds are scattered around in different places like her, because she is
confused. The tree mentioned in the poem is a symbol of a man. Men were the
main poets and writers at the time so they had more strength than her. The
tree could also be a symbol for Pound, whom H.D was engaged to at one
point. He also gave H.D her pen name. She could have been feeling powerless
to him at the time.
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