Question

Summary of poem "A boy's song" by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

Answer 1

The poet name the poem " A boy's song" is actually written by "James Hogg".
In the poem the poet talks about the beautification of the nature by describing the situation with a boy who is singing the song about the nature and admiring it. The boy  enjoys watching the nature and quite happy to see pools as well as the rivers. He hears the voice of the black bird just like a song. He is admiring everything with the song.
He also sees the blooming of  hawthorns . He is actually observing the nature with quite interest. Some time he see the while meadow being cleaned and other time he goes towards a bee until it reached home.
The boy is also little bit sad because the others are ignoring these things and are not enjoying it.

Answer 2

“A boy’s song” is a short poem written by James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd.

The poem depicts how the youngsters were enjoying their freedom some 200 years back and were enjoying roaming the countryside and the world of nature.

The story starts with a young boy enjoying the beauties of nature like the bright and deep pools and rivers, the blooming of hawthorns and the singing of the blackbird. The poet describes the mowers mowing the cleanest grass and the green hay.

The boy admires nature and concludes that this is the way he and his Billy would want to live. He feels sad that the other people are driving away these little maidens and not enjoying them.

The poem conveys the message that one should enjoy nature and take care of it. In today’s fats running life, one should not forget to enjoy life and should learn from nature about simplicity and derive satisfaction.