Summary Of A Blessing By James Wright

There is one main image in the poem “A Blessing” by James Wright. The image that I see that is standing out is two nice men stepping over a barbed wire going to two ponies that are peacefully munching on grass. I felt that the was important because I felt as though it was the main focus of the poem, to get the reader to see the image. They affect myself (the reader) by putting me in a calm state of mind in a nice open field. The voice of the speaker is a young man in his twenty’s that is touring the United States just passing by Rochester. The speaker is young which creates a new experience for the speaker. The kindness and respect of the speaker creates a soft and easy tone. There is also a simile in the poem: “This is delicate as the skin