W. H Davies Poem Leisure
Leisure - W.H. Davies W.H. Davies poem Leisure is an American Sonnet. In this poem the poet depicts the man who has no leisure misses the beauties of nature and the pleasures of love. He brings the fact that human beings are too "full of cares" to "stand and stare". The poet claims that the life of the modern man is meaningless. He has no time to watch the natural world in a relaxed mood. " No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as Sheep and Cows" The modern man is too busy and he has no time to stand under the branches of a tree and watch the things casually as the animals do. Modern man is blind to see the beauty of things around him. He doesnot admire the squirrels. He fails to see the beauty of a stream in the day or the sky full of stars at night with its shining stars. The poet feels sorry for the modern man who doesnot notice the beauty of a woman. He has no time to watch her dancing legs, and see the smile spread on ...