Describe The Critical Summary Of The Poem "Leisure"� By William Davies.

The poem "Leisure" has been composed by an American poet William Davies. He was a wandering poet and singer. He led a life of loneliness and his poetry is marked with truth and simplicity in idea as well as language. As the title of the poem suggests, it is about the availability of time for enjoying various delights of life. These may range from the most ordinary every day pleasure to the extraordinary events. The poet is lamenting over the rush and hurried manner in which we spend our lives. We deprive ourselves of the richness and diversity of life.

The poet believes that life must be enjoyed in a casual leisurely manner. He thinks that we should spend our free time enjoying and appreciating the beauty of nature. We should find time to stand under the trees and look at beautiful objects of nature as sheep and cows do. While passing through the woods, we must pause to se the squirrels busy in hiding their nuts in the grass. We should also stop by streams of clear water glittering like skies at night. We must also find time to see the beautiful glance of a maiden and admire the skill of her dancing feet. We should not miss the beautiful smile playing at her face. In this way we can fill our lives with happiness.

The poet expresses his grief at the fact that modern rush of life has deprived us of many commonplace pleasures. We run around after our material pursuits, so crazily that we get no time to spend in a relaxed manner. He warns us if our life remains full of worries and problems with no opportunity to enjoy its simple pleasures, it will be very miserable life.

What are some of the simple delights we miss in our rushed life?
What are some of the things you miss because of lack of time?
The poet has used a personification: Can you point it out?
How would you define a personification?

William Davies a modern poet.He has studied the evils of modern civilization very closely. He points out that the modern civilization is remarkable for its advancement in industry and science. The progress of science has made modern man machine like. It has turned him into a material beast. It has deprived man of two things.First- it has made him greedy and ambitious. Man has become a slave of time. Each breath of his life is spent in hoarding and collecting money. Life offers to modern man many gifts of richness and beauty, but man has no time to enjoy them.
                                                   In the first part of the poem, the poet builds the theme of the poem. In his view, man's life is quite miserable. Man has lost happiness and peace of mind. He is very busy in his wordily pursuits. He has not time to stand and stare and look at the beautiful and green branches of trees. In this regard, his lot is worse than animals. Even cows and sheep have spare time to enjoy the beauty of nature. He laments that man himself is the author of his tragedy.
                                                    The poet feels very sad at man's indifference to nature. Nature has such a wealth of beauty with its shining stars on the sky. The reflection of the stars in the water of the stream is a sight to be fully enjoyed. The sight of the squirrels hiding their nuts in the grass contains many enjoyable points.