The Last Word of a Blue Bird - A poem by Robert Frost

Robert Frost - The Last Word of a Blue Bird

          As told to a child


As I went out a Crow
In a low voice said, "Oh,
I was looking for you.
How do you do?
I just came to tell you
To tell Lesley (will you?)
That her little Bluebird
Wanted me to bring word
That the north wind last night
That made the stars bright
And made ice on the trough
Almost made him cough
His tail feathers off.
He just had to fly!
But he sent her Good-by,
And said to be good,
And wear her red hood,
And look for the skunk tracks
In the snow with an ax-
And do everything!
And perhaps in the spring
He would come back and sing."

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Poet: Robert Frost (Robert Frost Art) Poem: 23. The Last Word of a Blue Bird Volume: Mountain Interval Year: Published/Written in 1916 Comment 13 of 13, added on November 24th, 2008 at 8:05 PM. i think it is happy because the bluebird is telling lesly he will be back in the spring to sing. i think it tells you that you have to learn to part with things. anonimous from United States Comment 12 of 13, added on November 24th, 2008 at 8:05 PM. i think it is happy because the bluebird is telling lesly he will be back in the spring to sing. i think it tells you that you have to learn to part with things. anonimous from United States Comment 11 of 13, added on October 20th, 2008 at 8:47 AM. This poem was truly jaw dropping! It contained beautiful images that grabbed my attention and kept me wanting to read. "The Last Word of a Bluebird" is deffinetly one of Robert Frost's best works of literature. The reason for this is maimnly because the poem can be understood in different ways. Some people may like to think that the poem is happy and jolly while others may feel the it is gloomy. I feel like Frost is telling the story of death. The whole poem is essentially about the very institutuion of death. The crow in the poem delivers messages to Lesley from her dead Bluebird. I also believe that Frost wanted to tell readers that when people die, they don't stop thinking about those whom they loved and loved them back during their life on earth. Brittany Ferone from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, The Last Word of a Blue Bird, has received 13 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Robert Frost with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Robert Frost Poem: 23. The Last Word of a Blue Bird Volume: Mountain Interval Year: Published/Written in 1916 Last read: Dec 22 2009, 8:44PM Viewed 15901 times. Added on October 20th, 2008 at 8:47 AM.

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