Why Did You Go
Why Did You Go - meaning Summary
Questioning Small Disappearances
This short poem addresses a vanished presence—an animal, child, or fragment of spring—through gentle, questioning lines. The speaker repeats simple queries about departure and sleep, linking the missing being to kittens, leaves, and eyes left open. The mood balances tenderness and slight bewilderment, suggesting loss as quiet, perhaps unnoticed, and inviting the reader to imagine whether the absence was intentional, accidental, or simply the subtle ebb of life.
Read Complete Analyseswhy did you go little fourpaws? you forgot to shut your big eyes. where did you go? like little kittens are all the leaves which open in the rain. little kittens who are called spring, is what we stroke maybe asleep? do you know?or maybe did something go away ever so quietly when we weren't looking.
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