Little Birds of the Night
Little Birds of the Night - meaning Summary
Night Voices of Memory
The poem imagines small nocturnal birds as witnesses and storytellers whose quiet presence evokes remembered landscapes. The speaker watches them in rows, attributing to them serious awareness and vast experience as they "recount" distant flowers, meadows, sands and breezes. The birds become channels for memory and longing, compressing wide, lyrical scenes into brief, attentive night-time company and suggesting wonder at the unexpected depth of small creatures.
Read Complete AnalysesLittle birds of the night Aye, they have much to tell Perching there in rows Blinking at me with their serious eyes Recounting of flowers they have seen and loved Of meadows and groves of the distance And pale sands at the foot of the sea And breezes that fly in the leaves. They are vast in experience These little birds that come in the night
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