The "Small" Life

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Ants I have admired abound, when I was young.

Clouds I have admired abound, when I was young.

Birds I have admired abound, when I was young.

But nothing I have admired more as the daily lives of people... ... when I was young.

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SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0

Mood:: Contemplative
Topics:: bird, cloud, ant

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The speaker looks back on youth and lists the things that once fascinated them: ants, clouds, birds. The first three stanzas repeat the same pattern, so the poem feels like a child's habit of naming favorite things one after another.

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