This poem explores the imagery and themes related to plains or flat terrain. It describes the plains as uniform with strong people who withstand drought and flooding. It mentions birds that wander the plains like the plains-wanderer searching for food. The poem has a flat, rambling style like the plains it describes. It comments on how life can feel emotionally flat or controlled. In the end, the perspective shifts from seeing the plain as flat to realizing from the view of a plane that plains are creased, cracked, contoured, and colorful with more depth than initially thought.