In Stanza one of Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, the Author; Wallace Stevens is giving the setting. The imagine of a lone black bird scanning his surrounding. As if he is in deep thoughts in this icy land. The bird had made no noise, he didn’t move anything but his eye. At some point, one would think the Blackbird is isolated. The setting is cold, and unforgiving The Seconds Stanza seems to give the feel we’re inside of the speakers mind. The speaker may have been thinking on three different topics but unsure as to how he should go about them. It’s extremely unclear to me what the speaker is trying to convey. Stanza three, the blackbird has taken flight, in the wind. It’s flight is like a movement in a performance called the phantomime. The action is directly related to story telling - since it is telling a story. Whirling is a graceful word to use, meaning the blackbird is elegantly soaring. Stanza four had become …show more content…
However this is from a poetic musical view. The black bird shares the same knowledge of these rhythms. As mentioned in stanza three. Where he sored gracefully in the wind. The blackbird flew out of the speakers sights, now the speaker is looking from one perspective. However, it’s noted that there are many other perspectives. The number of perspectives are infinitive, and they vary for each and every person - stanza nine. Stanza ten had been a tad unclear. The sight of a black bird in a green light could cause someone to cry out sharply. Is said sharp a happy yell, or it is dramatic or broken. It’s extremely unclear however, if this is happy or sad. Stanza eleven talks of the speakers home state -Connecticut. He rode to in a glass coach. He must be able to see everything. Glass being clear, the speaker could see the world, the blackbird. And one his coach reflected a shadow which caught his eye he became fearful. As if it had been the blackbird