Realizing they are all likely to die, Odysseus puts his wily mind to use. He offers the Cyclops the potent wine so that he can make Polyphemus drunk, so drunk he will fall asleep. The wine is delicious and the Cyclops asks for more, drinking so much he does pass out.
C. Poets
The word "fools" has only been used once in the poem in the second last stanza. The verse is "<span>Poems are made by fools like me,". This verse clearly indicates that the poet is firstly calling himself a fool and also he is calling other poets a fool too. For poets can only try to praise the beauty of a tree, while it is God who makes these beautiful things of nature. According to the poet, a poem can never be as lovely as a tree itself. So it is just a foolish attempt to capture its loveliness in words.</span>