Phillpotts uses similes, diction, and mood to explain her poem. The airy, childish mood of the poem gives a sense of calmness and intense energy at the same time. The contradiction to this is the "grey beards wag, the bald heads nod". This indicates the age of the crowd, which is not youthful at all.
Also, the use of "electrons, gases, god" shows the intelligence and maturity of the group that gathers "thick as bees". This, in no aspect symbolizes the mood of the poem. The diction indicates the simplistic part of the poem, and the internal part of the poem explains the sophistication of everything. It is the best of both worlds, I believe. Phillpotts achieves this youthful maturity within her poem. There is a great effect by using yin and yang. The youthfulness of her diction clashed with the non-youthful nature of the subjects tears down the barriers between two different generations.
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