Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE JAY, by EMILY DICKINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No brigadier throughout the year Last Line: That leaves this neighbor out. Subject(s): Birds; Bluejays | ||||||||
NO brigadier throughout the year So civic as the Jay. A neighbor and a warrior too, With shrill felicity Pursuing winds that censure us A February day, The brother of the universe Was never blown away. The snow and he are intimate; I've often seen them play When heaven looked upon us all With such severity, I felt apology were due To an insulted sky, Whose pompous frown was nutriment To their temerity. The pillow of this daring head Is pungent evergreens; His larder -- terse and militant -- Unknown, refreshing things; His character a tonic, His future a dispute; Unfair an immortality That leaves this neighbor out. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WINTER BLUEJAY by SARA TEASDALE IN THE SAN JOAQUIN by NORMAN HUTCHINSON I'M A BLUEJAY by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING BLUE JAY by SUSAN HARTLEY SWETT A COUNTRY BURIAL by EMILY DICKINSON |
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