|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WRYNECK'S NEST, by JOHN CLARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That summer bird its oft-repeated note Last Line: And thinks the strange bird guards a serpent's nest. Subject(s): Birds' Nests | |||
That summer bird its oft-repeated note Chirps from the dottrel ash, and in the hole The green woodpecker made in years remote, It makes its nest. When peeping idlers stroll In anxious plundering moods, they by and by The wryneck's curious eggs, as white as snow, While squinting in the hollow tree, espy. The sitting bird looks up with jetty eye, And waves her head in terror to and fro, Speckled and veined with various shades of brown; And then a hissing noise assails the clown. Quickly, with hasty terror in his breast, From the tree's knotty trunk he slides adown, And thinks the strange bird guards a serpent's nest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...REQUIEM FOR A NEST by WANDA COLEMAN THE THRUSH'S NEST by JOHN CLARE SLEEP AT SEA by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE NEST by JULIEN AUGUSTE PELAGE BRIZEUX TO A SWALLOW BUILDING UNDER THE EAVES [AT CRAIGENPUTTOCK] by JANE WELSH CARLYLE THE ROBIN'S NEST by PHOEBE CARY THE GOLDEN-ROBIN'S NEST by JOHN WHITE CHADWICK BIRDS' NESTS (2) by JOHN CLARE |
| |