What is the significance of the bird’s question in Frost’s “The Oven Bird”?

The question posed in Robert Frost's "The Oven Bird" is
found in the last line of the poem.

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What to make of a diminished
thing.

The body of the poem
speaks to everything a bird has seen and how everyone has heard the song of a bird. The
imagery depicted shows a time where the leaves are falling and the flowers, once full of
color, are close to disappearing as well.

The importance of
the question comes when the bird seems to question why everyone notices the natural
elements dying with the onset of fall, but they fail to recognize the lack of the bird's
song.

The bird is, essentially, questioning why no one
notices the loss of the bird's voice, but only notices the loss of the leaves and
flowers, the drying and dusty roads.

In the end, the bird
seems to be questioning singing at all. The bird wants to be considered in the same why
which other things in nature are: recognized, missed, and reflected
upon.