Landscape
Landscape - meaning Summary
Night Over the Olive Grove
The poem presents a brief, atmospheric scene of an olive grove at dusk or night. Natural elements — a low sky, cold stars, trembling bulrush, rippling grey air — convey stillness that is undercut by tension. The trees seem alive with sounds and a flock of captive birds adds a note of confinement and sorrow. The landscape registers quiet beauty alongside a sense of constraint and muted anguish.
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