Boy At The Window

Boy at the Window Richard Wilbur 1952

Seeing the snowman standing completely alone
In dusk and cold is more than he plunder bear.
The small boy weeps to hear the wind prepare
A night of gnashings and enormous let out.
His tearful sight can hardly stumble to where
The pale-faced figure with bitumen eyes
Returns him such a immortal-forsaken stare
As outcast crack gave to paradise.

The man of snow is, nonetheless, nub,
Having no wish to go privileged and die.
Still, he is moved to see the youngster cry.
Though frigid water is his element,
He melts enough to drop from one cheeselike eye
A trickle of the purest rain, a tear
For the sister at the glistening pane surrounded by
Such affection, such light, such love, and so much fear.

It is a cold and windy, and night is falling. A miniature boy is depending out of his window at his creation, a snowman. He has a vivid imagination and a deep misunderstanding of the needs and wants of a snowman. He has a waitress of worry, fear and sadness about him, as he thinks of this snowman as having feelings, needs and wants much like him. He thinks of him as valet and wonders how he can bear the upcoming storm as described as A night of gnashing and enormous moan.



He cries when looking into the dark, non expressive eyes (pale-faced figure with bitumen eyes) of the snowman and describes a feeling of emptiness and despair such as when God outcast Adam out of paradise. (Clugston, 2010)
The snowman, on the other hand, is content with the elements, not complaining and knows that being inside would be remainder to him. He is touched by the sentiment of the child and drops a tear. He recognizes the love and safety that is needed for the childs survival that is different from his own.
In understanding this poem, we have to look at how life and survival is in the eye of the beholder. The child represents humanity and some of the fears of life and death. The child is in the warmth and security of his home, where there is warmth and love. The...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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