Thursday, July 2, 2015

The Redbreast Chasing the Butterfly Comments

Rating: 4.8

Art thou the bird whom Man loves best,
The pious bird with the scarlet breast,
Our little English Robin;
The bird that comes about our doors
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William Wordsworth
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B. K. Neifert 17 December 2021

There's some dark elements in this poem. The poet is questioning the Robin's motives for wanting friendship.

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Dr Antony Theodore 22 August 2020

His beautiful wings in crimson are drest, A crimson as bright as thine own: Would'st thou be happy in thy nest, O pious Bird! whom man loves best, Love him, or leave him alone! How great is the love of nature. Wordsworth is a great poet. tony

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Woru Sulyman 18 March 2016

lovely poem...I have seen people who are like redbreast in this life. kudos

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* Sunprincess * 19 September 2015

............love this, and so amazingly we both penned a poem on the same theme ★

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