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An older poem about a man named David
Earl Birney
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"I lay dazed and stared at the long valley, The glistening hair of a creek on the rug stretched. By the firs, while the sun leaned round and flooded the ledge, the moss, and David still as a broken doll"
once youve witnessed death, you feel numb and dazed. seeing david lay there as a sack of bones made bobbie realize how fast things can be taken from you.
Earle Birney was a Canadian novelist and poet who won the Governors General award twice. Born in Calgary, Alberta and raised on a farm in Erickson.
Born: May 13th, 1904
Died: September 3, 1995
There are a few connotations in the poem David by Earl Birney, an example of one would be Bobby found an injured bird & was wanting to spare it but David pointed out that there's no point in saving something that cant help itself.
The second example would be the two climbing the mountain which had the appearance of a talon. The two know that this was a challenge but instead pushed themselves. The mountain for David was almost a stairway to heaven because his last steps were there.
There are big shifts that happen during this poem, when David falls off the mountain trying to save Bob. After this happens a shift in mood takes place from a happy, playful setting to a more mature tone.
The attitude the author is intending is to appreciate and enjoy life while you can because it can because it can be taken from you at any time.
goat
The visual representation of the bird is that you can not save something that isn't worth saving.
hurt bird
The goat represents that even goats can fall, meaning that even the best climbers can slip.
hawks
the hawk is the circle of life, the hawk preys upon the weak and circles over David
skull
the skull is a representation of death of David that is going to occur later in the poem.
In the poem "David" written by Earle Birney. David worked all summer surveying in the valley. Always being in the valley made David an explorer by heart. David had a close friend named Bobbie. Bobbie and David would go for amazing hikes up challenging mountains.David loved to push himself to the limits to see what he could do, Bobbie followed right after him. David would fly through obstacles like it was nothing,Bobbie watching David fly through theses challenging situations seem like he was a bird flying effortlessly. Bobbie and David had been through a lot together from rain squalls, to surfing on shale,to using ice axes and almost slipping. David and Bobbie went through many adventure in life till the final moment on the final mountain they would climb together as a team.