Wild Geese

A detailed Summary of Wild Geese


English-14 / R16 / Poetry/Ateneo de Manila

"I stop somewhere waiting for you." Walt Whitman's poem ends with this seemingly undeviating line.

The whole poem itself speaks of the persona's encounter with a spotted hawk, through whose statements we find both profound and simple meanings. Profound in the sense that it speaks of situations where one is 'untranslatable.' Simple in the sense that everyday things like dirt and grass, are used as the objects of symbolism.

"I too am not a bit tamed... I too am untranslatable." This is the start of the hawk's declarations, stating the similarities between the persona and himself (the hawk). The absence of quotations would make it appear as if all lines come from the persona. But reread the poem, and one finds that indeed it is the hawk speaking. By "not a bit tamed" and "untranslatable," the hawk means partially wild and quite unintelligible. Both the hawk and the persona therefore possess these said qualities.

The next few lines speak of this being wild, the seemingly untranslatable actions that the hawk does. From "sounding barbaric yawps" to "bequeathing [one's self] to the dirt," the lin


In the poem "Wild Geese," the way of the world is disclosed. "Meanwhile the world goes on." The world, and its motion, continues, unaffected by one's feelings. Nature takes its course even if you are good, or evil. "You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves."

And indeed, the sun will rise. One of the may reasons why we have to be at peace with the spotted hawk, the savage beast, in all of us. It has stopped somewhere, waiting.



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Approximate Word count = 870
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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