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The Poplar Field
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The Poplar Field: Summary
Summary- II
- But now, the same wind does not blow nor produces anymore musical effect on the leaves of these trees.
- The River Ouse on whose banks the poplar trees once grew no longer receives their images on its slow deep running waters.
- These poplar trees that once lent him a cool shade now lay as ugly logs of timber on the grass.
Summary- III
Summary-I
- A new forest with thick hazel leaves that offer them a proper shade from the scorching heat of the sun.
- All the songs of the different kinds of birds have finally vanished.
Summary- IV
- The poet bids the first farewell to the shades provided by the Poplar trees during his childhood days.
-He recalls the times when the cool breeze blows, it produces a whispering sound through the colonnade of these very Poplar trees.
- His life like anybody else will come to an end and he too will have to sleep six feet down under; in his grave; dead just like the dead poplar trees.
- With all the joy gone, the poet sadly anticipates for himself a fate similar to that of the poplars.
Poem
- Under the section 'Ecology and Environment'
- Remarkable for its celebration of the rural
- Praiseworthy nostalgic tone
More about the poem
Conclusion: I
- This poem has been considered as a defence of nature conservation.
- ‘The Poplar Field’ is a poignant expression of a feeling of anguish (sorrow) at the sight of the poplars cruelly leveled to the ground.
- This very sad note has compelled him to ponder on the short-lived and selfish pleasures of man.
-His only last wish would be to see another grove of poplar trees to grow in place of the old.
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The Poplar Field: Introduction
The Poplar Field: Conclusion
The Poplar Field
Conclusion: II
William Cowper
- The poem compares the life cycle of poplar and the human life.
- The “perishing pleasures of man” are all without absolute permanence, as are the felled trees, and they will remain only in our hearts and memories as time goes on.
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- (1713-1800)
- Popularly known as 'The Best Modern Poet' of his time
- Changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside