Connotations, themes, attitudes, and other meanings of "Boy at the Window" by Richard Wilbur
"Boy at the Window"
Richard Wilbur
Title: Boy - young, playful, innocent
At the window - bored, daydreaming, attracted to something
Paraphrase:
Stanza 1 - The boy weeps because a snowman stands alone outside and is about to suffer through a harsh night.
Stanza 2 - The snowman does not want to go inside and melt, but he feels thankful for the boy's worry of him.
Connotation
Snowman - cold and hardened person-literally and emotionally
All alone …
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…Window - the boy is comfortable inside while being protected by the window, which symbolizes all of the love he has. The love he receives separates him from the cold world outside and the people he feels sorry for in it.
Themes:
Children do not judge who they give they're compassion and mercy to
One should be responsible for his own choices and actions taken
Humans have a fear of the unknown, such as strangers
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