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Poet: William Blake
Poem: The Birds
Comment 2 of 2, added on July 15th, 2006 at 2:01 PM.
I imagine this being a Dr. Doolittle poem. Imagine living in a world where animals can be understood. If we could be privy to the mating ritual of the birds, perhaps their converstations would follow along the "script" written by Blake. "He", the male bird, calls out to the "she" being wooed. He notices that she is the "pride of every field" and brings with her "calm retreat". He seeks her, not sure where she lives, thus "I live & mourn for thee/Each day I mourn along the wood". Meantime, she wonders about his intentions. She, too, is seeking companionship and thinks that "sorrow now is at an end/O my lover & my friend."
This is a fun poem to groupthe he parts together, then the she parts. He has three stanzas, while she has two.What also makes this a fun poem is that apart, the birds are not complete. Blake seems to make a point that even in nature, completeness comes when the soulmate has been found.
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I imagine this being a Dr. Doolittle poem. Imagine living in a world where animals can be understood. If we could be privy to the mating ritual of the birds, perhaps their converstations would follow along the "script" written by Blake. "He", the male bird, calls out to the "she" being wooed. He notices that she is the "pride of every field" and brings with her "calm retreat". He seeks her, not sure where she lives, thus "I live & mourn for thee/Each day I mourn along the wood". Meantime, she wonders about his intentions. She, too, is seeking companionship and thinks that "sorrow now is at an end/O my lover & my friend."
This is a fun poem to groupthe he parts together, then the she parts. He has three stanzas, while she has two.What also makes this a fun poem is that apart, the birds are not complete. Blake seems to make a point that even in nature, completeness comes when the soulmate has been found.
dallas holsten from United States