All the Day Long

All the Day Long - meaning Summary

Skylark's Unending Song

A brief poem observes a skylark whose singing makes human measures of time feel inadequate. The speaker notes that an ordinary day, though long to people, is still not long enough for the bird, which keeps singing. The poem contrasts transient human schedules with nature’s continuous, exuberant presence and invites the reader to experience time as elastic through the skylark’s persistent song.