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I think that that the lines "the roses are red and white and vilets and lily cups" are a throwback to the poem we all know "roses are red and violets are blue" which is overused and shows that his meaning of life as a child was still premature to cliches, and life. He never really understood. For me I dont see his brother dead, but still alive, he just cuts off because Hood wanted to show that the tree is still living despite all the problems of growing up. It shows that growing up is very much different from getting older, and Hood states that in his last few lines, "it was childish ignorance" shows that he has grown older, but still retains all the childish idealism in hoping to become a boy again.

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