Write a summary of the poem nightingale and glow worm and also theme of this poem written by william cowper...i ll mark brainliest
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The Nightingale and the Glow worm by William Cowper is a poem about a nightingale and a clever glow worm.
The nightingale sings all day long and beautifies its surroundings with its melodious voice. At night, the nightingale who is hungry after singing, hunts down the glow worm as his meal. However in the end he loses his prey.
The glow worm being a quick thinker starts to compliment and praise the songbird. The nightingale listens to the worm with pride and is pleased with the glow worm's sweet words. The glow worm further continues to mention that as the nightingale brightens and makes the day cheerful the glow worm decorates the night with its light. He says that they both are the creatures of god and they both have their purposes and hence should live in harmony with each other.
With his eloquent and smart oration the glow worm saves himself.
“The Nightingale and the Glow-worm” by William Cowper is said to have been published on 31st March 1832 in the Penny Magazine.
In 1st stanza, the poet describes how a nightingale had been singing all day and had cheered up all the inhabitants of a nearby village in the process. When evening came, the nightingale had still not stopped singing. However, around the time that evening fell away into the night, the nightingale began to feel the pangs of hunger. So the Nightingale started looking around for something to feast on. Suddenly his eye fell upon a spark on the ground. The nightingale knew at once that he had sighted a glow-worm. It looked down from the top of the hawthorn tree on which it was perched and made up its mind to gobble up the glow-worm in one go. By this time, the glow-worm had also become aware of the nightingale’s presence and it could sense that the nightingale was about to eat it. In an attempt to save its own life, the glow-worm began to lecture the nightingale.
In 2nd stanza, the poet describes the glow-worm’s speech and the effect it had on the nightingale. The glow-worm asked the nightingale whether it like the way the body of the glow-worm sparkled. In addition to this, the glow-worm also praised the nightingale’s singing. Then the glow-worm told the nightingale that it would hate to put an end to the nightingale’s song, and conversely, the nightingale should not harm his glowing body either. The reason for this mutual respect is that the same God had created both the glow-worm and the nightingale and endowed each with their unique ability. The God who had taught the nightingale to sing had also taught the glow-worm to shine. This very God had provided each of them with such special talents that they might spread beauty and cheer in the world. After hearing this speech, the nightingale also agreed with the points made by the glow-worm. As a result, it let the glow-worm go and had something else for supper.
In 3rd stanza, the poet says that warring factions ought to learn a lesson from the tale of the nightingale and the glow-worm. They should learn that they are all the children of God and hence they are brothers. Therefore, they should not fight against one another. They should not cause any kind of trouble for one another in fact. Instead, they should live together in harmony so that they make the most of this life. Life is short, and so they should waste time on hatred and war. They should respect one another for the talents that God has given each of them. This mutual respect should be the basis of a loving relationship.
In 4th stanza, the poet says that only those persons who value peace should be called Christians. For the nightingale and the glow-worm, peace is both their duty and the prize that they get for all their efforts. It should be the same way between fellow men, according to the poet.
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