Rhyme Post-Rachel Hart

A Minor Bird, By Robert Frost

I have wished a bird would fly away,
And not sing by my house all day;

Have clapped my hands at him from the door
When it seemed as if I could bear no more.

The fault must partly have been in me.
The bird was not to blame for his key.

And of course there must be something wrong
In wanting to silence any song.

Frost, Robert. "A Minor Bird By Robert Frost, Famous Nature Poems." Family Friend Poems. N.p., n.d. Web. 09 Oct. 2014http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/a-minor-bird-by-robert-frost.



The rhyme scheme of this poem is AABBCCDD, meaning every two lines rhyme with one another. The poem employs the use of end rhyme and masculine rhyme by rhyming words such as day and away. The masculine rhyme helps to convey the message that we often feel that man is dominating or over the nature around him.  


The author of the poem is commenting on man's interactions with the nature around him. He wants to show the reader that it is important that we don't ignore the nature around us and that we need respect it. Often he(the narrator) finds that nature is getting in the way of his day to day life, rather than being a part of it. He sees nature as a trivial and meaningless part of life, that he wishes would just go away.