Imagery and Symbolism in Berry's Poetry

Read the following poem carefully:

"The Peace of Wild Things" by Wendell Berry

I go among the trees and sit still.

All my thoughts fly away.

I wander my own backyard

and see all the beauty it holds.

In my stillness, I find peace.

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and children’s lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water,

and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light.

In a well-developed essay, analyze how Berry uses imagery and symbolism to convey the speaker's search for peace in a chaotic world. Use specific textual evidence from the poem to support your analysis.