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William Henry Davies
About William Henry Davies
William Henry Davies (1871 - 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer. He lived a rather nomadic life before he published his first work in 1905, titled. The Soul's Destroyer and Other Poems. His poems reflect the hardships faced by people as well as different situations that he himself faced. Some of his best works include Nature Poems and Others, Forty New Poems and The Loneliest Mountain.
What is this life if, full of care.
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
Available Answers
- 1.
What does the poet want us to stare at?
- 2.
Why do people not have the time to stare as long as sheep and cows?
- 3.
What does he tell us to observe in the woods and in the stream?
- 4.
How can the streams be full of stars in broad daylight?
- 5.
Who or what does the poet refer to as Beauty?
- 6.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance.
- Why do you think the word Beauty starts with a capital letter? Which figure of speech has been used here?
- Explain the meaning of Beauty's glance.
- How is Beauty able to dance?
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