Some poems about animals for you
Here are some poems about animals:
The Tyger: By William Blake, this poem explores the tiger's fierce and awe-inspiring nature
The Owl & The Pussy Cat: By Edward Lear
Jabberwocky: By Lewis Carroll
Snake: By DH Lawrence
The Mouse: By Robert Burns
A Popular Personage at Home: By Thomas Hardy
Leda and the Swan: By WB Yeats
The Eagle: By Alfred Lord Tennyson
Wild Geese: By Mary Oliver, this poem celebrates the freedom and independence of geese
Mole In My Soul: This poem is about a mole who digs both day and night
Some other poems about animals include:
"Jungle Rhyme"
"There Were Froggies"
"From a Window In My House"
"Five Little Piggies"
"Hen, Hen, Count To Ten"
"An Elephant Goes Like This And That"
Poetry can use animals as symbols or caricatures to bring them into human culture. It can also reveal the complexity of animals.
Who is known as an animal poet?
Ted Hughes (1930 - 1998) is an English poet known for his animal poetry and nature poetry. Hughes's poems are known for their harsh, sometimes disjunctive lines that emphasize the savagery and cunning of animal life. He also used animal imagery to represent the inner life of humans.
Hughes is considered a major literary figure of the 20th century. He was appointed Poet Laureate of England in 1984, a position he held until his death. One of his most famous subjects is "Crow," a combination of man, bird, and god.
Here are some examples of animal poems:
The Tyger
By William Blake, this poem explores the tiger's fierce and awe-inspiring nature.
Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat.
What dread hand? & what dread feet?
What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp.
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?
When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat
BY EDWARD LEAR
I
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five-pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!"
II
Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!
How charmingly sweet you sing!
O let us be married! too long we have tarried:
But what shall we do for a ring?"
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-Tree grows
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
III
"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling
Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,
They danced by the light of the moon,
The moon,
The moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
How are animals used in poetry?
Animals are often used in poetry to represent universal traits, character types, emotions, or moods. Poetry can also turn animals into symbols or caricatures, and bring them into human culture.
Poets may be drawn to animals for their qualities of placidity, self-dependence, complacence, and simplicity. Some poets may see animals as more human than humans, and may appreciate that animals are happy and self-contained.
Poetry can also explore and celebrate the natural world, including the animals that inhabit it. Poems about animals can be lighthearted and whimsical, or serious and introspective.
In some cases, poetry inscribes meaning on animals, turning them into symbols or caricatures and bringing them into the confines of human culture. It also reveals and revels in the complexity of animals.
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