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The Pigeons And The Girls

The Pigeons And The Girls starts off kind of simple and easy but toward the end the difficluty to comprehend the poem increases. What's the true meaning of The Pigeons And The Girls by Christopher Middleton?
  

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Both pigeons and girls reveal the spirit of life if one observes them closely. The Pigeons And The Girls Quite early in the day I saw them, Side by side; perched on a twig Above the traffic, those two pigeons, They raised with a single motion Their heads toward the light. I must have raised mine also To have so rapidly glimpsed The beaks they lifted, in unison, Up to the light that made such gleams Glide across the troubled cars.

  • Both pigeons and girls reveal the spirit of life if one observes them closely.
  • The Pigeons And The Girls Quite early in the day I saw them, Side by side; perched on a twig Above the traffic, those two pigeons, They raised with a single motion Their heads toward the light.
  • I must have raised mine also To have so rapidly glimpsed The beaks they lifted, in unison, Up to the light that made such gleams Glide across the troubled cars.
  • Two girls came to the vacant pool, Stepping tentatively down the stair, And one dipped a foot into the water; Still she held the other by the hand, For the other was thin, she limped, A thigh or hip bone was not working right.
  • The girl who led this other one along- A perfect saint, at such a distance: Firm *******, the fair hair swept up, A white towel knotted round her waist.
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Both pigeons and girls reveal the spirit of life if one observes them closely.

The Pigeons And The Girls

Quite early in the day I saw them,
Side by side; perched on a twig
Above the traffic, those two pigeons,
They raised with a single motion
Their heads toward the light.
I must have raised mine also
To have so rapidly glimpsed
The beaks they l

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