There are several ways you can think about this split—the wild vs. the domesticated, the free vs. the enslaved, the rugged individual vs. society, the genuine vs. the artificial. I think the message of the poem, however, has to do with freedom of expression and the need to be independent of corrupting social influences
Mrs. Gays i had her before in sixth grade is this her assignment?
Why don't u look it up in the dictionary and see ?