The Lady Feeds Her Little Bird
poem 941
The Lady Feeds Her Little Bird - meaning Summary
A Small, Distant Devotion
The poem describes a fragile exchange between a woman and a small bird she feeds only occasionally. The bird accepts scant attention without protest, aware of an emotional or physical gap between the woman and the offering. Its meekness and gentle collapse onto her knee suggest devotion mixed with distance: a relationship of care marked by asymmetry, restrained tenderness, and quiet surrender rather than mutual warmth or closeness.
Read Complete AnalysesThe Lady feeds Her little Bird At rarer intervals The little Bird would not dissent But meekly recognize The Gulf between the Hand and Her And crumbless and afar And fainting, on Her yellow Knee Fall softly, and adore
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