Question

What does this sentence means - "i never saw a wild thing sorry for itself; a bird could fall frozen dead from a bow without ever having felt sorry for itself."

d.h. lawrence?

Answer 1

"i never saw a wild thing sorry for itself; " means d.h. lawrence has never seen an animal feel sorry for itself. These lines convey to the readers that humans often dwell on their misfortunes and pity themselves, whereas an animal accepts the misfortunes and keeps moving forward in life. One should be like these animals, not paying attention to their misfortunes, but rather moving on in life. "a bird could fall frozen dead from a bow without ever having felt sorry for itself." mean that an animal as small as a bird is not afraid of death. A bird might just die while sitting on a tree branch. However, it does not fear death. d.h. lawrence uses the these lines to motivate the readers, explaining to them that they shouldn't be afraid of death and live their life to the fullest without thinking about the inevitable death.