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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
C IS FOR CHILD, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis
First Line: See how her arms now rise and fall
Last Line: Before her feet are claimed by earth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
First Line: See how her arms now rise and fall
Last Line: Before her feet are claimed by earth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Children; Childhood
See how her arms now rise and fall,
See how, like wings, they beat the air:
An arm to balance either foot,
She moves, half-fluttering, here and there.
And still those motions will suggest
A different life that's left behind
In early days, remote and strange;
Felt in that little unformed mind
For one short season, after birth --
Before her feet are claimed by Earth.
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