Bird Language - W.H. Auden
Trying to understand the words
Uttered on all sides by birds,
I recognize in what I hear
Noises that betoken fear.
Though some of them, I'm certain must
Stand for rage, bravado, lust,
All other notes that birds employ
Sound like synonyms for joy.
Uttered on all sides by birds,
I recognize in what I hear
Noises that betoken fear.
Though some of them, I'm certain must
Stand for rage, bravado, lust,
All other notes that birds employ
Sound like synonyms for joy.
