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Referring closely to the poem The Darkling Thrush, answer the following:What are the poet’s feelings at the end of the poem? |
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Answer» Nature, in whatever form it is conceived in ‘The Darkling Thrush’, seems to reflect the mood of the poet. At first, it seems there is a correspondence between the mood of Nature and that of the poet. There is utter gloom in Nature. The light of the sun is fading. Frost appears like a ghost. The clouds in the sky seem to form a canopy. The wind blowing seems to be lamenting over the death of the century. What the poet hears suddenly and unexpectedly reveals that Nature wants to convey that nothing is permanent. The music of nature never dies. The happy shrill note of the thrush in the utter gloom reminds us that there is no real communication between man and nature. Both are perhaps indifferent to each other. If Nature seems to be gloomy it is only the projection of the gloom within the poet’s mind. The poet has failed to interpret Nature properly. |
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