Adrienne Rich's Poetry and Prose

what mean by linney's winga

poem is the lake isle of innisfree. poet is w.b. yeats

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This is actually a metaphor, "'And evening full of the linnet's wings..." A Linnet is a small Finch-like bird. Yeats means that the beautiful sky is full of these birds. It is part of the natural beauty of this spot that he is trying to describe.

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