What is the message the poet is trying to give us in this poem (poem inside) (10 points!)?

Question

Poem:I love to rise in a summer morn,

When the birds sing on every tree;

The distant huntsman winds his horn,

And the sky-lark sings with me.

O! what sweet company.

But to go to school in a summer morn,

O! it drives all joy away;

Under a cruel eye outworn.

The little ones spend the day,

In sighing and dismay.

Ah! then at times I drooping sit,

And spend many an anxious hour,

Nor in my book can I take delight,

Nor sit in learnings bower,

Worn thro' with the dreary shower.

How can the bird that is born for joy,

Sit in a cage and sing.

How can a child when fears annoy.

But droop his tender wing.

And forget his youthful spring.

O! father & mother. if buds are nip'd,

And blossoms blown away,

And if the tender plants are strip'd

Of their joy in the springing day,

By sorrow and care's dismay.

How shall the summer arise in joy.

Or the summer fruits appear.

Or how shall we gather what griefs destroy

Or bless the mellowing year.

When the blasts of winter appear.

Answer 1

I guess...How can we find happiness if there is so much negativity in the world? How can a bird that is born for joy sit in a cage and sing? what does it have to be happy about? How can a student focus on school when there is windows to the open world outside and they are stuck in there? How can anything grow if it is put on a path that is not for them? Spring is meant for growth and new things, and I think the poet is using every aspect of spring... good luck! hope I could help!

Answer 2

The poor kid is going to have to go to summer school and he is trying to tell his parents he an't happy about it