Joyce Kilmer

LitCharts guides for works by Joyce Kilmer

Explore LitCharts poetry guides for works by Joyce Kilmer. Each guide offers line-by-line analysis, exploration of poetic devices, and helpful resources for studying Joyce Kilmer's poetry.

Trees

"Trees" is a poem by Joyce Kilmer written in 1913. By far Kilmer's most popular work, the speaker insists that no poem can ever be as "lovely as a tree." In other words, human art invariably fails ... view guide