critical appreciation of poem animals of class 10th
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This poem is written by Walt Whitman.
Whitman is one of the greatest figures in American poetry.
In this poem the human with animals and finds animals and their company as a better place to live in.
Human life is full of limitations of past and future while animals lives for present.
That attracts the poet to live with them .
Here is the answer
"Animals" is a poem written by an American poet " Walt Whitman" .In this poem, the poet compared human beings and animals with each other.This poem is written in the free verse .Hence, there is no Rhyme Scheme.The theme of the poem is, Animals have preserved many virtues like innocence, simplicity but human beings have destroyed them over a period of time due to negligence.So the poet wishes to be like animals and be with them. It's a revolutionary idea,expressed beautifully in the poem.The poet has made use of Figures of Speech such as Alliteration, Repitition , Hyperbole etc.
Hence, it's a beautiful poem as, when the reader reads poem , a smile appears on his / her face .Also, an agreement with poet in the mind appears