To a Waterfowl Themes

"To a Waterfowl" is a spiritual poem. There's no doubt about that. At first, however, it doesn't really seem like it's headed in that direction. The first half is pretty much a description of the b...

"To a Waterfowl" isn't just a poem about one guy's spiritual conflict. Let's not forget that it is about a waterfowl—about its graceful flight through the sky and all that jazz. The natural world...

"To a Waterfowl" seems obsessed with life—for the most part. It talks about a waterfowl flitting about, it mentions other people who are alive (the speaker, the fowler), and everywhere we turn th...