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As a boy lays in a field of grass, near a stream, beneath the sun, he sings to the daisies. He is Mother Nature's son. There is a childish peacefulness throughout the song. It is spiritual because Mother Nature is the stream and the wind and the field of grass. There is an almost surreal and dreamlike atmosphere and a certain sweetness in tone.
The word choice and diction throughout "Mother Nature's son" are directly related to the tone of the song. Words such as young, singing, all day long, boy, and son contribute to the youthfulness of the poem. Beside a mountain stream, pretty sound of music, and swaying daisies sing a lazy song are peaceful diction. Poetic devices such as assonance, "young country", and alliteration,"sitting singing songs", are euphonic, offering pleasant soft sounds. Inversion is used for emphasis "all day long, I'm sitting singing songs for everyone." Nature is personified as a motherly being and human attributes are given to the daisies.
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