Had humans not created power motors, the forlorn toad would not have endured as grisly a fate as detailed in the poem. As true as this holds on a surface level, it only becomes more poignant after interpreting the simple toad versus power mower as a confrontation between nature, machine, and, by extension, man. Although at first glance it seems as though man and machine have triumphed, in death the toad has found peace and escaped the unending turmoil accompanying a heartbeat. Thus, nature has once again proven
Had humans not created power motors, the forlorn toad would not have endured as grisly a fate as detailed in the poem. As true as this holds on a surface level, it only becomes more poignant after interpreting the simple toad versus power mower as a confrontation between nature, machine, and, by extension, man. Although at first glance it seems as though man and machine have triumphed, in death the toad has found peace and escaped the unending turmoil accompanying a heartbeat. Thus, nature has once again proven