"Rising Five" by Norman Nicholson.

How Does The Poet Display His Concerns?
"Rising five" by Norman Nicholson is a poem based on humans and youths in general regarding how they are always looking towards and focusing on the future rather than the present tense perspective. The poets concerns are people not living the present and the poet has been able to convey this through the use of metaphors, presenting imageries and symbols, using alliteration and emphasize for certain ideas and through the comparison of man and nature.
The first stanza of the poem presents a conversation between the narrator and a young boy who is abo…