Seeing the snowman standing all alone
In dusk and cold is more than he can bear.
The small boy weeps to hear the wind prepare
A night of gnashings and enormous moan.
His tearful sight can hardly reach to where
The pale-faced figure with bitumen eyes
Returns him such a God-forsaken stare
As outcast Adam gave to paradise.
The man of snow is, nonetheless, content,
Having no wish to go inside and die.
Still, he is moved to see the youngster cry.
Though frozen water is his element,
He melts enough to drop from one soft eye
A trickle of the purest rain, a tear
For the child at the bright pane surrounded by
Such warmth, such light, such love, and so much fear.
The poem "Boy at the Window" by Richard Wilbur is about a snowman, it's qualities, and how a child feels as it melts. In this poem I noticed a rhyme scheme of "ABBA" ect. There is also repitition of the word "such" on the last line of this poem. Some examples of personification are "The man of snow nonetheless, content, having no wish to go inside and die" and "The small boy weeps to hear the wind prepare a night of gnashings and enormous moan."
This poem provides imagery of a young boy looking put his window to a snowman. Lastly, this poem can be an example of an extended metaphor between the boy and the snowman. I like this poem because it is emotional and taken in someone else's perspective.
Seeing the snowman standing all alone
In dusk and cold is more than he can bear.
The small boy weeps to hear the wind prepare
A night of gnashings and enormous moan.
His tearful sight can hardly reach to where
The pale-faced figure with bitumen eyes
Returns him such a God-forsaken stare
As outcast Adam gave to paradise.
The man of snow is, nonetheless, content,
Having no wish to go inside and die.
Still, he is moved to see the youngster cry.
Though frozen water is his element,
He melts enough to drop from one soft eye
A trickle of the purest rain, a tear
For the child at the bright pane surrounded by
Such warmth, such light, such love, and so much fear.
The poem "Boy at the Window" by Richard Wilbur is about a snowman, it's qualities, and how a child feels as it melts. In this poem I noticed a rhyme scheme of "ABBA" ect. There is also repitition of the word "such" on the last line of this poem. Some examples of personification are "The man of snow nonetheless, content, having no wish to go inside and die" and "The small boy weeps to hear the wind prepare a night of gnashings and enormous moan."
This poem provides imagery of a young boy looking put his window to a snowman. Lastly, this poem can be an example of an extended metaphor between the boy and the snowman. I like this poem because it is emotional and taken in someone else's perspective.