The message is not so much that the worms will inherit the Earth, but that all things play a role in nature, even the lowly worm.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If we understand the worm, we understand life.
If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
It is odd that we have so little relationship with nature, with the insects and the leaping frog and the owl that hoots among the hills calling for its mate. We never seem to have a feeling for all living things on the earth.
I'm very concerned for the future of the earth and its amazing creatures. We've got to be careful and make sure we don't foul our own nest.
What a writer's message is is totally unimportant. Either he is agreeing with life by affirming, or he is saying life is just a bowl of wormwood.
Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.
If you stay with this game long enough, the worm is bound to turn.
God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.
If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.
The early bird gets the worm. The early worm... gets eaten.