Two short images sit side by side here: a field of orange and lemon trees beside a house, and then, set apart, a comparison that doesn't quite say what is being compared. The poem leaves a gap, and the reader fills it. The orchard is "like the whole body / to a hand." The phrase suggests that the trees are something close and touchable, the way a body is to a hand that knows it well.
The speaker seems to feel tenderness, maybe a quiet intimacy with the place. The orchard stands near the house, so it reads as part of daily life, not a distant landscape. The comparison also hints at how a small part, the hand, can be aware of something much larger than itself and feel connected to it.
The mood is calm, sensual and a little mysterious. The citrus colors and the bodily image make the scene warm and gentle, while the unfinished comparison keeps it open.