Sonatina to Hans Christian
Sonatina to Hans Christian - context Summary
Published in 1950
Published in 1950 within The Auroras of Autumn and dedicated to Hans Christian Andersen, this short poem addresses Andersen directly while posing a sequence of imaginative questions. It invites the reader to see ordinary natural figures—a duck, a dove, trees, the night—as charged with human feelings or narrative possibility. The tone is quietly interrogative, asking whether perception can transform common scenes into sympathetic or mysterious presences.
Read Complete AnalysesIf any duck in any brook, Fluttering the water For your crumb, Seemed the helpless daughter Of a mother Regretful that she bore her; Or of another, Barren, and longing for her; What of the dove, Or thrush, or any singing mysteries? What of the trees And intonations of the trees? What of the night That lights and dims the stars? Do you know, Hans Christian, Now that you see the night?
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