I was wondering if anyone could talk about this poem...like some poetry devices he uses...thanx

To The Cuckoo
by William Wordsworth

O Blithe New-comer! I have heard,
I hear thee and rejoice.
O Cuckoo! Shall I call thee Bird,
Or but a wandering Voice?

While I am lying on the grass
Thy twofold shout I hear,
From hill to hill it seems to pass,
At once far off, and near.

Though babbling only to the Vale,
Of Sunshine and of flowers,
Thou bringest unto me a tale
Of visionary hours.

Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring!
Even yet thou art to me
No bird, but an invisible thing,
A voice, a mystery;

The same whom in my school-boy days
I listened to; that Cry
Which made me look a thousand ways
In bush, and tree, and sky.

To seek thee did I often rove
Through woods and on the green;
And thou wert still a hope, a love;
Still longed for, never seen.

And I can listen to thee yet;
Can lie upon the plain
And listen, till I do beget
That golden time again.

O blessed Bird! the earth we pace
Again appears to be
An unsubstantial, faery place;
That is fit home for Thee

Well, it's rhymed, metric verse, written in stanza form (4 lines to the stanza). Rhyme is abab, cdcd, etc.

He's also personifying nature.

pam

some poetry devices he uses ...


Thy twofold shout I hear

Inversion. A poetry device used by reversing the normal sentence structure solely for the purpose of getting a rhyme. That is, 'I hear thy twofold shout' is what one would really say.

No bird, but an invisible thing

Device - cramming too many syllables in a line and forcing the reader to hear 'invis'ble'.

And listen, till I do beget

Device - adding an extra syllable ('do') to make the meter come out right.