Whistling of Birds by D.H. Lawrence

B.A B.Sc Modern English Essay Notes Summary Question-answer

WHISTLING OF BIRDS

D.H. Lawrence

D.H Lawrence is a famous English poet, novelist, and critic. He is known for his love for nature. He was also a great moralist.
In ‘Whistling of Birds’, he expresses his natural feelings as well as his fascination for nature. The essay is a vivid description of the change from winter to spring. The writer describes first the cold and dull winter. Winter is a dull season as it kills the beauty of nature. It is the season of death and destruction and is also the season of inactivity. Everything turns yellow and brown in the harsh winter. The birds start dying in this season. It stops the whistling of birds. Death rules everywhere.
The transformation from winter into spring had hardly started to occur. The birds were also responding to this change instinctively. They had started singing and their songs were themselves giving a message of the approach of the spring.. Although the torn remains of the birds could be seen scattered everywhere yet the whistling birds had forgotten the past and they were inclined only to herald spring season which was now setting in. The death is unable to stop the onrush of life as winter was unable to stop the onrush of spring.
The writer is of the view that this change is a natural phenomenon and it is beyond our control. We can neither prolong winter nor hold back the spring. In the presence of winter, spring is absent as in the presence of life death flees away. They cannot co-exist. The same is the case with human life. We are also either happy or sad but we cannot be happy and sad together.

Whistling of Birds” shows the writer s’ love for nature-discuss?

Lawrence very successfully describes the change of nature in this essay. Change of seasons is a phenomenon of nature. Nature goes on completing its life cycle round the year. Winter and spring are totally incompatible with each other. When there is winter, there is no sign of the spring season and when there is spring, there is no sign of winter. This journey of nature is going on parallel but in two directions. Winter gives forth spring and spring gives forth winter.
This essay is highly symbolic one. Winter symbolizes death and destruction whereas spring symbolizes life and merry-making. Winter is the season of inactivity while spring is the season of activity. In the winter, the leaves, grass, trees withered away whereas in spring all the objects of nature renew themselves. The objects of nature are at full bloom in the spring season although they were lashed badly by the harsh weather some months ago.
When there is harsh weather I.e. winter the birds start dying. They stop whistling and merry-making. Their dead bodies are lying on the white snow as if they were eaten away by any wild beast. There is not even a single chirp on the side of the birds. Death is dancing everywhere. Death is ruling supreme. But suddenly warm winds start blowing from the sea. The weather starts changing. It is the arrival of the spring season. The trees give forth new leaves. The land is covered with green tide of grass. The birds start chirping. The whole area is filled with their songs and sounds. Now it is the rule of life. The birds have totally forgotten their harsh past. They are responding to the change of nature. They are singing, dancing, and merry making and are enjoying the happy season.
Same is the case with humans’ life. We cannot be happy or sad at the same time. We are either happy or sad one. We cannot enjoy both the feelings at the same moment. So, we are quite right to say that the easy in hand shows writer s’ deep love for nature.

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