New York City, U.S. — died, June 1, 1968 (aged 86)
Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S.was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1881. He graduated from Harvard University in 1902. After college, he worked as a newspaper reporter and, later, as the assistant editor of McClure’s magazine.
Bynner published his first poetry collection, An Ode to Harvard (Small, Maynard, & Co.), in 1907. He was also the author of New Poems (Alfred A. Knopf, 1960); Take Away the Darkness (Alfred A. Knopf, 1947); The Beloved Stranger (Alfred A. Knopf, 1919); Tiger (M. Kennerley, 1913); and several other poetry collections. The style of Bynner’s early poetry is comparable to that of A.E. Housman. His later poetry reflects his familiarity with Japanese and Chinese poetry, becoming less traditionally structured in form. Bynner translated The Jade Mountain: A Chinese Anthology: Being Three Hundred Poems of the T’ang Dynasty 618–906 (1929) from the texts of Kian Kang-Hu. He also translated a version of the Tao Te Ching—The Way of Life According to Laotse (1949). : : Bynner was a professor of Oral English for the Students’ Army Training Corps at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1918. When World War I ended, he taught a course in poetry writing. In 1922 he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he and his partner, Robert Hunt, entertained artists and literary figures such as D.H. Lawrence, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Carl Sandburg at their home.
The Robin : : By Witter Bynner ( 1881 – 1968 )
Except within poetic pale
I have not found a nightingale,
Nor hearkened in a dusky vale
To song and silence blending;
No stock-dove have I ever heard,
Nor listened to a cuckoo-bird,
Nor seen a lark ascending.
But I have felt a pulse-beat start
Because a robin, spending
The utmost of his simple art
Some of his pleasure to impart
While twilight came descending,
Has found an answer in my heart,
A sudden comprehending.
— Witter Bynner
“The Robin” Originally published in Young Harvard, and Other Poems (Frederick A. Stokes, 1907), A Bird Poem by American Poet Witter Bynner is About Robin bird, and Nature. The Poet Speaker has not found a Nightingale or a vale , the singing birds. He has not heard stock – dove or a Cuckoo – bird. He has not seen an ascending lark. But surprisingly, he could receive a Robin transmitting his pleasure while twilight came descending and with that found an answer in his heart ❤️ and became aware of through his senses ( “felt a pulse – beat start” ) thus, the broader meaning being in Nature coveyed to him suddenly. That is the way this imagist Poem draws a picture of a small bird Robin and his pleasant state of being in Nature.
“The Robin”, An imagist bird Poem By Witter Bynner Information Appreciation and poem Analysis Presented by V Jayaraj Pune India October 9, 2023 : : : : : : : :
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