The rivals poem summary
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The Rivals
I heard a bird at dawn
Singing sweetly on a tree,
That the dew was on the lawn,
And the wind was on the lea;
But I didn't listen to him,
For he didn't sing to me!
I didn't listen to him,
For he didn't sing to me
That the dew was on the lawn,
And the wind was on the lea!
I was singing at the time,
Just as prettily as he!
I was singing all the time,
Just as prettily as he,
About the dew upon the lawn,
And the wind upon the lea!
So I didn't listen to him,
As he sang upon a tree!
summary-
The Rivals, comedy in five acts by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, produced and published in 1775. The Rivals concerns the romantic difficulties of Lydia Languish, who is determined to marry for love and into poverty. Realizing this, the aristocratic Captain Jack Absolute woos her while claiming to be Ensign Beverley.
The poem beautifully depicts the morning scene. The speaker listens to the melodious sound of the bird. The bird is singing sweetly upon the tree in the morning. At that time the dewdrops are seen on the lawn and the wind is blowing upon the lea. But the speaker doesn’t listen to the bird as it doesn’t sing for him. The speaker feels jealousy since he can sing as beautifully as the bird. Both the speaker and the bird are singing sweetly as if they are competing to praise the beauty of nature. So, they are competitors or rivals.