Read these excerpts from " and "going back to as old bones, the pine trees strangely red where the sun comes down. i cannot say if it our love, or the day, that is ending. *** and ran, and was a part of what rejoices in thunderous nights of rain; lay in the grass and tired, looking through a maze of tiny stems into a new green world; which theme is expressed in both excerpts? many people only find true happiness when they are in nature. nature is so powerful that it can sometimes affect a person's mood. the true meaning of life can often only be found in nature. nature is often symbolic of different emotions experienced in life.