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Nissim ezekiel poet lover birdwatcher sparknotes

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Poet, Lover, Birdwatcher’ is a popular poem, much anthologized and studied. It embodies the poet’s search for a poetics, which would help him redeem himself in his eyes and in the eyes of God. The message of the poem is clear, ‘The best poets wait for words’: the best poets begin to write poetry only when they are truly inspired or when they experience a moment of illumination or enlightenment, only then do the right poetic words come to them. This waiting is not so simple. The poet cannot while away his time, but like the careful birdwatcher, has to remain ever alert. The gift of poetry comes at the cost of eternal vigil. The poets have to remain poised in that state of tension. ‘To force the pace’ is to compel oneself to make haste. ‘Never to be still’ is never to remain motionless, but to be always on the move. ‘Or women’ are of those who study women and those who pursue the women they love, it is not only require a lot of patience but also forbearance capacity to bear undetermined time.