Devil's Tower?

Here's the poem by Wallace Steves.

"How to Live, What to Do"

Last evening the moon rose above this rock

Impure upon a world unpurged.

The man and his companion stopped

To rest before the heroic height.

Coldy the wind fell upon them

In many majesties of sound:

They that had left the flame-freaked sun

To seek a sun of fuller fire.

Instead there was this tufted rock

Massively rising high and bare

Beyond all trees, the ridges thrown

Like giant arms among the clouds.

There was neither voice nor crested image,

No chorister, nor priest. There was

Only the great height of the rock

And the two of them standing still to rest.

There was a cold wind and the sound

It made, away from the muck of the land

That they had left, heroic sound

Joyous and jubilant and sure.

In the poem "How to live, what to do" Wallace Stevens doesn't so much as give advise, but tells a story. It's a story of to men who stand next to a big rock (simplifyed). The rock represents a new sun, or source of life for these men. The poem continually talks of the massive size of the rock, I think this is comparing the insignificance that humans have on the Earth. To really appreciate life one must become humbled. Certain aspects of nature seem to have a gravitational pull, such as the ocean, the mountains, or the rock. People are drawn to nature, especially pieces that make us feel that we are around something bigger than ourselves. Maybe, Stevens names the poem How to Live, What to do because people should live in reverance. Just as Miranda does in the Tempest. Miranda is always awed and amazed by her surroundings. Hmmm...maybe, or maybe it's something even more crazy.