I had in mind a message although I hope it doesn't intrude too badly persuading Americans and especially Southerners of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife.
The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it you just feel that...
If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means you have missed the body of the poem.