The Darkling Thrush

In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'

Neutral Tones

The Convergence of the Twain

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Iambic pentameter

Trochaic octameter

Anapestic tetrameter

Spondaic hexameter

Only a man harrowing clods

In a slow silent walk with an old horse that stumbles and stops

But a few sad figures bereft and resigned

All night in the field so stern with a sense of the stark realities

The futility of war

The beauty of nature

The power of love

The importance of family

To create a sense of beauty

To create a sense of horror

To create a sense of irony

To create a sense of mystery

Optimistic

Pessimistic

Nostalgic

Romantic

The horse

The plow

The field

The moon

It refers to the outbreak of World War I

It refers to the end of World War I

It refers to the aftermath of World War I

It refers to the threat of a future war

The Darkling Thrush

In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'

Neutral Tones

The Convergence of the Twain

The beauty of nature

The power of love

The importance of family

The futility of war

To create a sense of beauty

To create a sense of horror

To create a sense of irony

To create a sense of mystery

Optimistic

Pessimistic

Nostalgic

Romantic

The thrush

The tree

The field

The moon