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Read & copy the quotation
“An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small, In blast-beruffled plume, Had chosen thus to fling his soul Upon the growing gloom.”
- Date
- 1901
Meaning of “An aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small, In…”
A physically frail bird sings into a bleak winter scene, creating a contrast in which hope appears through action even though the speaker does not understand its source.
Where does it come from?
“The Darkling Thrush,” Poems of the Past and the Present; Project Gutenberg #3168. The poem's final hope remains uncertain to the speaker rather than becoming a guarantee of optimism.
