The Wonders of Freedom
The Wonders of Freedom - meaning Summary
Survival and Fleeting Freedom
This short poem presents a stark scene of predator and prey in winter. Vivid images—blood on snow, a limping white fox, and a live hare clenched in its jaws—compress violence, survival, and escape into a single moment. The fox’s battered flight at sunset suggests freedom acquired through cost, while the repeated mention of whiteness and tracks emphasizes both visibility and erasure. The poem balances bleakness with a strange, fragile vitality.
Read Complete AnalysesBetween the teeth of a trap The paw of a white fox And blood on the snow The blood of the white fox And tracks in the snow The tracks of the white fox Who escapes on three legs In the setting sun With between his own teeth A hare that is still alive
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