A Birthday Poem
by: Ted Kooser
Just past dawn, the sun stands
with its heavy red head
in a black stanchion of trees,
waiting for someone to come
with his bucket
for the foamy white light,
and then a long day in the pasture.
I too spend my days grazing,
feasting on every green moment
till darkness calls,
and with the others
I walk away into the night,
swinging the little tin bell
of my name.
with its heavy red head
in a black stanchion of trees,
waiting for someone to come
with his bucket
for the foamy white light,
and then a long day in the pasture.
I too spend my days grazing,
feasting on every green moment
till darkness calls,
and with the others
I walk away into the night,
swinging the little tin bell
of my name.
Criticism
In the
reader's point of view using the readers' response theory, the reader sees that
the author was captive by the nature and its beauty. Koooser also used the
natural process of nature as time indicators like the dawn and sunset. The poem
tells about the farmer who's waiting for a company with his bucket to get some
cow's milk (foamy white light). It also depicts the simplicity of the dwellers
in the country side. The poem was entitled as "A Birthday Poem" for
it might be the author's personal choice or if you're going to based on the
poem, It pertains to the GIFT of nature for a special occasions like birthdays.
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