Question

why does the poet want the kingfisher.

Answer 1

Answer:

the poet addresses the kingfisher, his subject, directly, theorizing that it "was the Rainbow gave thee birth." Here he personifies the Rainbow, capitalizing its name and envisaging it as a mother, capable of carrying the kingfisher and thus passing on her own physical characteristics to it as offspring. Davies imagines that it was through this process that the Rainbow "left thee all her lovely hues." He suggests that