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The death of the bird by A.D Hope poem. Summary

Answer 1

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In "Death of a Bird," the speaker at first makes it clear the bird is near death and explains the bird's memories and feelings of past migrations. Now, the bird is becoming frail, and she struggles to complete this migration, both physically and mentally. The landscape is unsympathetic to her aging state, and she dies as just another number to the earth; however, the speaker writes about the bird as an individual, which instead, implies that she is more than just a number.

Answer 2

Australian poet A.D Hope's "The Death of the Bird" deals with aging and death, using a bird in migration as the overarching metaphor. The first line signals the theme of the poem: "For every bird there is this last migration..." ... Strong winds overcome her, and she falls to her death.