An Analysis of the Poem, ¡®The Thrush¡¯s Nest¡¯

The poem begins with a picture of hawthorn bush and a molehill. Now the reader is taken by Clare into his adventure. What then appears is not a figure, but a sound. Every morning the cheerful singing of a thrush makes the poet full of joy. The thrush seems to cheer for every new day. The reader may wonder what makes the thrush so happy. Then it comes to the close-up of the t

In order to present the reader a suggestive poem, Clare is not only satisfied in portraying a picture, but gives hints to lead the reader to read between the lines. A thrush¡¯s chirp can have many explanations, but the poet chooses to explain it as a singing full of joy. Then the second part of the poem provides us a possible explanation of the joy£­toil to form a nest£­which is quite out of our common sense, for usually toil is not enjoyable, unless there is a enjoyable motivation behind the action. So the final part gives the real reason£­giving birth to children. In the poem, the eggs and the little birds are portrayed beautifully, but behind this hopeful and wonderful creation is the painstaking, day after day effort to form a nest, which, to the thrush, is a great enjoyment. The only reasonable explanation is the miracle of love£­mother¡¯s selfless, priceless love.

Simile is another technique that the poet uses to impact his audience. The shining eggs are ¡°like heath-bells gilt with dew¡± and ¡°as bright as flowers¡±. The little birds are as ¡°glad as the sunshine and the laughing sky¡±. All of these help the reader easily imagine the things that the poet describes. Alliteration, which can be seen in ¡°morn to morn a merry thrush¡±, ¡°sing hymns to sunrise¡±, ¡°within with wood and clay¡±, and togeth

Some topics in this essay:
Thrush¡¯s Nest¡¯, John Clare, little birds, form nest, ¡®the thrush¡¯s, thrush¡¯s nest¡¯, ¡®the thrush¡¯s nest¡¯, , ¡°sing hymns sunrise¡±, language techniques, natural picture, seen ¡°morn, day day, poet comes, laughing sky¡±,