The poem sketches a man who feels disconnected from where he comes from. The trees stand for roots and belonging, and he is "unlinked" to them. He doesn't know his own family, so he stands apart from everyone, asking questions that seem to get no answer.
The second stanza turns quieter and more puzzling. The ancestors, the poem says, don't change "the mood of the weather", which suggests the past has no power to shift the present, or that the world carries on regardless of lineage. Then comes the last line: "the leaf reads his name." Nature, in a small and odd moment, seems to notice him, even if his family can't. It could be a faint sign of connection, or it could be a reminder that he is being watched and named by something he doesn't understand.
The mood is lonely and reflective, with a thread of mystery. Nothing is resolved, and the short, spare lines leave the man standing apart, uncertain but not entirely forgotten.