# Starlings — Poetry character guide

> Starlings in Poetry by Edward Thomas.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-the-trumpet

## Who they are

Birds personified as a collective character.

## In the story

### [Thaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/thaw)

The rooks (a type of bird) are described as speculating and cawing from elm-tops, witnessing the change of season.

### [The Mill-Pond](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-mill-pond)

Scared starlings on the aspen tip, contributing to the scene's sensory details.

### [There's Nothing Like the Sun](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/there-s-nothing-like-the-sun)

The starling shakes the damson bough, whistling a song once sung by swallows.

### [February Afternoon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/february-afternoon)

The parleying starlings whose roar is heard, echoing the same sounds as a thousand years ago.

### [The Hollow Wood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-hollow-wood)

Birds that swim like fish and laugh and shriek in the hollow wood.

### [But These Things Also](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/but-these-things-also)

The starlings chatter on and on, keeping their spirits up in the mist.

### [The Barn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-barn)

Once gathered on the barn roof with bubbling throats, now unable to find nesting places.

## Links

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