![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With the help of the bluebird, a bird with fragile wings, the heart’s fragile and softest emotions are brought forward. The bluebird in the poem is a symbol of the sensitivity, vulnerability, softness, and tenderness of the soul. Bluebirds are usually birds with frail feathers, and thus the poet creates an image of his vulnerable heart with the help of the ‘bluebird.’ Thus, he says:Īs the poet says these, an image of bird cages and frantically trying to get out is created this is imagery itself. The first few lines of the poem portray an image that the bluebird is a part of him, a part that is mostly untouched, untold to anybody else. This depicts the agony of a man to bear the social stigma that ‘men do not cry.’ Bluebird: Poetic Devices With acceptance, he also knows that he keeps it hidden from the people around him but comes out during his solace. However, with the passage of time, and the progress of his age, he learned that the soft and sentimental part of him is present: he had learned to acknowledge and accept it. As a tortured child during his childhood, he had learned to keep most of his emotions away from display, and that was how the mentality he had developed of showing a rough exterior. The poem is set at a time when Bukowski portrayed his philosophies over the portrayal of the rough and strong image of a man who might be vulnerable and breaking inside. ![]()
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