These are all things that prohibit the speaker from gaining the freedom he covets. The speaker shows his distaste for the noise of the city saying “There was the sweet but reedy honking of geese coming down this morning with rain over rush hour streets, coming through like bells that celebrate.” (Lines 1-5) The comparison between the noise of the city and the geese emphasizes how the city stops him from enjoying the sounds of nature. Another example of the city stopping him from being satisfied with his view is the sooty window. The soot is caused by the cars and pollution of the city, which blocks his view of the geese. The cars and the soot symbolize the things in the speaker’s life that are deterring him from connecting with his own life. The speaker’s happiness is also affected by his disconnection from the earth, all he can think about is seeing the geese, and he becomes obsessed. He isn’t able to think about anything except how he
These are all things that prohibit the speaker from gaining the freedom he covets. The speaker shows his distaste for the noise of the city saying “There was the sweet but reedy honking of geese coming down this morning with rain over rush hour streets, coming through like bells that celebrate.” (Lines 1-5) The comparison between the noise of the city and the geese emphasizes how the city stops him from enjoying the sounds of nature. Another example of the city stopping him from being satisfied with his view is the sooty window. The soot is caused by the cars and pollution of the city, which blocks his view of the geese. The cars and the soot symbolize the things in the speaker’s life that are deterring him from connecting with his own life. The speaker’s happiness is also affected by his disconnection from the earth, all he can think about is seeing the geese, and he becomes obsessed. He isn’t able to think about anything except how he