Fairyland Poem by Jasmine Berry

This poem highlights the way that we perceive things as we grow older. The child's idealistic vision of fairyland, verses the adult's bitter and pessimistic view of a dark woodland. It shows how we can loose our bond with nature and not notice beauty as life consumes us. And how something so sweet, such as bird song, can be so painful to our adult ears. Of course, the poem does not solely speak about nature, it is true in many aspects of child and adult life, the natural imagery is simply a vehicle, the path being a metaphor for life but also for situations which we find ourselves in which we do not perceive in the same manner which we once would have done.This is a very simplistic explanation of the poem, to fully explain every part would take too long and would ruin the fun of reading the poem and attaching your own meaning.