Fellow Travellers with a Bird

Name: Fellow Travellers with a Bird
Author: Alice Meynell

"Fellow Travellers with a Bird" is a collection of poems that explore themes of travel, nature, and the human experience. The poems are written in a lyrical and imaginative style, with vivid descriptions of landscapes and creatures. The book is notable for its use of symbolism and metaphor, which add depth and complexity to the poems. Overall, "Fellow Travellers with a Bird" is a beautifully crafted collection that offers insights into the human condition and the natural world.

By Alice Meynell · First published 1903 · Genre: Poetry, Nature Writing, Victorian Literature · 2,492 words

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To attend to a living child is to be baffled in your humour, disappointed of your pathos, and set freshly free from all the preoccupations. You cannot anticipate him. Blackbirds, overheard year by year, do not compose the same phrases; never two leitmotifs alike. Not the tone, but the note alters. So with the uncovenanted ways of a child you keep no tryst. They meet you at another place, after failing you where you tarried; your former experiences, your documents are at fault. You are the fellow traveller of a bird. The bird alights and escapes out of time to your footing.

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Work type: Essay
Author: Alice Meynell
Date: 1903 CE
Language: English
Genres: Poetry, Nature Writing, Victorian Literature
Length: 2,492 words
Structure: 1 section, 18 paragraphs
Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)

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Poetry — Alice Meynell is widely known for her work as a poet and this book contains a collection of her poems.
Nature Writing — The title and content suggest elements of natural observations, a characteristic common in the nature writing genre.
Victorian Literature — Meynell's work is situated in the Victorian time period, and her literature often encapsulates themes typical of that era.