“White-Eyes”
In winter
all the singing is in
the tops of the trees
where the wind-bird
with its white eyes
shoves and pushes
among the branches.
Like any of us
he wants to go to sleep,
but he's restless-
he has an idea,
and slowly it unfolds
from under his beating wings
as long as he stays awake.
But his big, round music, after all,
is too breathy to last.
So, it's over.
In the pine-crown
he makes his nest,
he's done all he can.
I don't know the name of this bird,
I only imagine his glittering beak
tucked in a white wing
while the clouds-
which he has summoned
from the north-
which he has taught
to be mild, and silent-
thicken, and begin to fall
into the world below
like stars, or the feathers
of some unimaginable bird
that loves us,
that is asleep now, and silent-
that has turned itself
into snow.
Analyze the lines in the poem "White-Eyes."
What can be correctly stated about the lines of the poem? Check all that apply.
All the lines have the same length.
There are four lines in every stanza.
All the lines line up at the left side of the page.
Several lines strung together form complete sentences.
One idea is carried over more than one line.