The Importance of Being Earnest

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Birdy, Birdy!

Birdy! Birdy! With your wings

From your mouth a soft hymn sings

What maker has made thee

And set you upon this great oak tree?

Where has thee traveled on his way

Was it by night or by day?

Who has heard the hymn be sung

With whom were you mad amung?

Who created you delicate wings

And started the song that thine voice sings

When did your wings first fly

Who were you created by?

When the day? When the night?

Where was made the wings of flight?

What the song? What perfection?

Dare the song be an objection

When your wings first took light

Did he with all his might

Smile among the stars in day

And for you survival did he pray?

Birdy! Birdy! With your wings

From your mouth a soft hymn sings

What maker has made thee

And set you upon this great oak tree?

         This poem is based on William Blake’s poem The Tyger.  My vision The Birdy is similar to Blake’s work because it is discussing the bird’s features and asking who created this features and put the bird on earth.  This is characteristic of Romantic literature.  One way is that it shows a sense of beauty in nature.  This can be seen in my poem when I describe the bird’s delicate wings and song of perfection.  Another way is through the use of ancient legends or traditions because I asked where the bird came from and who made him.