This poem has been written in admiration and glorification of the cuckoo. The cuckoo becomes a symbol of beauty, innocence and childhood for the poet. The poet hears the cuckoo singing in a garden. Her song reminds him of the golden days of his childhood. The poet calls the cuckoo a happy stranger. He bears and enjoys her song; bit is unable to see her. The cuckoo is more like a wandering voice than a bird to him.
The cuckoo's double-cry seems to travel rapidly from hill to hill. Sometimes, it seems very near and some times very faraway. The poet welcomed the cuckoo not once but thrice. To him, the cuckoo is the beloved of the spring season. But still, she is not a bird to him. She is only a voice, a secret and an invisible thing. In his childhood, the poet used to search for the cuckoo whenever he heard her cry. He looked anywhere to trace her out. The poet used to wander in fields and forests, meadows and mountains in search of the cuckoo, but in vain. The poem presents a beautiful contrast between the poet and the cuckoo. The poet lives in the past. The cuckoo lives in the present.
The cuckoo's double-cry seems to travel rapidly from hill to hill. Sometimes, it seems very near and some times very faraway. The poet welcomed the cuckoo not once but thrice. To him, the cuckoo is the beloved of the spring season. But still, she is not a bird to him. She is only a voice, a secret and an invisible thing. In his childhood, the poet used to search for the cuckoo whenever he heard her cry. He looked anywhere to trace her out. The poet used to wander in fields and forests, meadows and mountains in search of the cuckoo, but in vain. The poem presents a beautiful contrast between the poet and the cuckoo. The poet lives in the past. The cuckoo lives in the present.
