The poem “Boy at the Window” written by Richard Wilbur is “two poems in one.” How, you might ask? Point of view. One point of view is the young boys and the others is the snowman’s. The fist stanza in the poem is the young boy’s point of view. “Seeing the snowman standing all alone..” “The small boy weeps to hear the wind prepare…” these are bot examples of the boy’s point of view. He is sad that he has to stand inside away from the snowman. He’s sad that the snowman can’t come in and play in the warm house. The boy doesn’t understand that if the snowman comes inside that he will melt. In the second stanza it’s the other way around. It’s the snowman’s point of view and how he sees things differently. “Having no wish to go inside and die.
