Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MOCKING-BIRD, by WITTER BYNNER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: An arrow, feathery, alive Last Line: Of paradise. Alternate Author Name(s): Morgan, Emanuel Subject(s): Mockingbirds | ||||||||
AN ARROW, feathery, alive, He darts and sings, Then with a sudden skimming dive Of striped wings He finds a pine and, debonair, Makes with his mate All birds that ever rested there Articulate. The whisper of a multitude Of happy wings Is round him, a returning brood, Each time he sings. Though heaven be not for them or him Yet he is wise, And daily tiptoes on the rim Of paradise. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO OUR MOCKING-BIRD; DIED OF A CAT, MAY, 1878 by SIDNEY LANIER MOCKING BIRDS by KENNETH REXROTH MOCKINGBIRD MONTH by MONA VAN DUYN PATRIOTIC TOUR AND POSTULATE OF JOY by ROBERT PENN WARREN THE MOCKING BIRD by SIDNEY LANIER THE MOCKING-BIRD by FRANK LEBBY STANTON TO THE MOCKINGBIRD by RICHARD HENRY WILDE A BUFFALO DANCE AT SANTO DOMINGO by WITTER BYNNER |
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