'Confront the green tree'
Within the first stanza, the idea of personification is portrayed. The speaker 'confront[s] the green tree' which gives the idea that the tree is alive and has special features. It is described as obtaining an 'acrid odour' which makes the tree sound not just somewhat unpleasant.
'One day (after thirteen years)'
Then, after 'thirteen years' the tree gets given the identity of 'Evodia danieli' and it suddenly appears to gain value, therefore it have the owners something to 'boast' about. This presents the idea that humankind have a materialistic nature where they feel the need to label everything, and in order to boast about something it has to be valuable.
''It's rare as welsh gold'
Within stanza three, we learn that the tree is rare and holy due to how they encourage people to smell its leaves."Its rare as Welsh gold" encompasses how holy the tree is. The tree also has healing powers as 'it'll charm away your cold' which suggests it can cure people, reinforcing the holy nature that the tree is gifted with.
'Tired of lies'
The last stanza reinforces the rarity of this tree though the quote 'who, in all of Great Britain possessed such treasure?' However, a negative tone is created as the tree is 'Tired of lies' suggesting that it is fed up of the fake fame that it is receiving from humankind.Or, it could imply that it is sick of it's owners trying to make it seem holy when it's not. They could be trying to give it a false/new identity compared to its old one in order to make it seem more exciting and glamorous
'Shamelessly free of disguise'
The poem ends with the sentence 'shamelessly free of disguise' which presents the tree's true identity. It doesn't have any shame even though it will receive less attention, it's now free to reveal it's true self. This also suggests that the specialities were just an advertisement strategy from its owners who 'disguised' the natural tree, now that society has seen the trees true self it is perceived as merely a facade.
