Poetry · Character

The Winter Thrush

A bird personified as a character in winter-themed poems.

minor

Also known as The Winter, The Thrush When Winter, Winter

First appearance: the trumpet

The Winter Thrush shows up with force in The Manor Farm. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Personified as Winter with a flushed cheek, having seemingly consumed all seasons, smiling quietly over the scene.

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In The Manor Farm: Personified as Winter with a flushed cheek, having seemingly consumed all seasons, smiling quietly over the scene. Later, in If I Were to Own: Referenced as the thrush whose songs are 'proverbs…

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The Manor Farm
Personified as Winter with a flushed cheek, having seemingly consumed all seasons, smiling quietly over the scene.
If I Were to Own
Referenced as the thrush whose songs are 'proverbs untranslatable' in the hedges.
The Green Roads
A thrush that twiddles its song all day long in the thicket bordering the forest.
An Old Song
A robin that sings in the shade, contributing to the scene's tranquility.
The Thrush
The thrush singing in November, whose song prompts the speaker's meditation on time and change.
She Dotes
One of the birds the woman listens to, chiding her for her grief.
March the Third
Implied as one of the birds singing throughout the day, contributing to the wild natural voice.
March
The thrushes sing urgently in the brief hour before night, their songs filling the speaker with sweetness and hope.
Home
Sings its last song from the oaktop in the lane.
Digging
The robin that sings sad songs of autumn mirth.
The Word
The bird that sings the forgotten name each spring, calling it out clearly and tartly.
Roads
The thrush cock whose singing is linked to Helen's laughter.
Snow
The white bird killed on its nest, whose down flutters down through the snow.

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