Initially the narrator's world seems perfect with “Ripe apples” and “elms… swaying vases full of sky.” The imagery of the surroundings create a feeling of being in a utopia. The natural world around him is the ideal setting for the narrator's game of golf. However the tone shifts from one of a peaceful world, to one that is quickly deteriorating. As “a cloud appeared … like iron filings” the perfect day has started to be ruined. The mass of birds have come for no reason but to destroy this paradise. No longer is the narrator in a wonderful
Initially the narrator's world seems perfect with “Ripe apples” and “elms… swaying vases full of sky.” The imagery of the surroundings create a feeling of being in a utopia. The natural world around him is the ideal setting for the narrator's game of golf. However the tone shifts from one of a peaceful world, to one that is quickly deteriorating. As “a cloud appeared … like iron filings” the perfect day has started to be ruined. The mass of birds have come for no reason but to destroy this paradise. No longer is the narrator in a wonderful