Text analysis “Mind” by Richard Willbur Things of This World (1956 ) Approaching Literary Genres p Millennium

MIND

“Mind in its purest play is like some bat… Not to conclude against a wall of stone” (ll.1-4). “The mind is like a bat” (l.10). 6.In the extended simile of the first stanza, the words highlighted are normally applied to the mind. Highlight in blue those applied to the bat. (Bear in mind in this context they apply to both.) 1.falter= to lose strength and stop; 2.weave = moving quickly and changing direction often, especially to avoid hitting things;