The Need of Being Versed in Country Things

I believe has a lot to do with the differences between humans and nature. The farmhouse has burned down and only the chimney stands. As humans we mourn the loss of the farmhouse, but nature does not. "The birds that came to it through the air at the broken windows and flew out and in....lilac renewed its leave the aged elm, though touched with fire." Human loss does not effect nature. Nature is still savage and remains unemotional. Unlike nature, "the fence post carried a strand of wire." We mourn and nature does not. Nature rebuilds itself as if nothing has happened. Despite what has happened the birds are still flying around and the elm is still growing strong.