An Old Story

This poem through my understanding talks about the cycle of life and how unruly it can be. Lines like "Every small want, every niggling urge" could be describing people's drive to always accomplish and need more in life. Another example that could be used is "Livid, the land, and ravaged, like a rageful Dream." livid, the land, ravaged can be used to talk about the society we live in and rageful dream can refer to the American dream that everyone yearns for. "Then animals long believed gone crept down from tree" this could refer to the evolution of humans.