A. Images and metaphors are drawn from the country life and the pastoral landscape that can be easily understood.
B. Mowing, scything, wind’s rustling in the grass, bird’s singing, ponds, roads, the cycle of the seasons and the alternation of night and day are all he describes.
C. Most of his poems are simple in the way that they are dramatic monologues or dialogues, they are short and direct, and they have simple diction. However, profound ideas are delivered under the disguise of the plain language and the simple form.
D. He is concerned with his love of life and his belief in a serenity that only came from working usefully.