Analysis Of The Writer By Richard Wilbur

The name of the poem is “The Writer” by author, Richard Wilbur. The theme of the poem is about an author thinking about his daughter that is also an author. He is expressing worry, care and concern for her future. This is a narrative poem written in three lines, a tercet. The poem has eleven stanzas. This is a free verse poem. Mr. Wilbur uses metaphors and imagery to convey the meaning of the poem to the reader.

The first figurative language mention in the introduction is metaphor. Mr. Wilbur introduces his daughter in the first stanza and uses a metaphor to describe her actions. “In her room at the prow of the house”, “Where light breaks, and the windows are tossed with linden”, “My daughter is writing a story”. The author is comparing the