# The Winter Thrush — Poetry character guide

> The Winter Thrush in Poetry by Edward Thomas.

**Role:** minor

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

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

## Who they are

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

## In the story

### [The Manor Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/if-i-were-to-own)

Referenced as the thrush whose songs are 'proverbs untranslatable' in the hedges.

### [The Green Roads](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/the-green-roads)

A thrush that twiddles its song all day long in the thicket bordering the forest.

### [An Old Song](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/an-old-song)

A robin that sings in the shade, contributing to the scene's tranquility.

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

The thrush singing in November, whose song prompts the speaker's meditation on time and change.

### [She Dotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/she-dotes)

One of the birds the woman listens to, chiding her for her grief.

### [March the Third](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/march-the-third)

Implied as one of the birds singing throughout the day, contributing to the wild natural voice.

### [March](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/march)

The thrushes sing urgently in the brief hour before night, their songs filling the speaker with sweetness and hope.

### [Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/home)

Sings its last song from the oaktop in the lane.

### [Digging](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/digging)

The robin that sings sad songs of autumn mirth.

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

The bird that sings the forgotten name each spring, calling it out clearly and tartly.

### [Roads](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/roads)

The thrush cock whose singing is linked to Helen's laughter.

### [Snow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_5_se/chapters/snow)

The white bird killed on its nest, whose down flutters down through the snow.

## Links

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