I Wonder by Jeannie Kirby: A Poem Analysis

I Wonder by Jeannie Kirby.

1^st Stanza.

I wonder why the grass is green,
And why the wind is never seen

The writer was questioning about why the color of the grass is green and not other colors. He also did question about why the wind cannot be seen. As we know, we can feel the wind blows and pass us by everyday in our lives. The writer most probably would be a small kid, because children only knows that physical contacts only can be created when an object touches another. For writer in this case, he/she needs something to be made as evidence of why he can feel the wind blowing.

2^nd Stanza.

Who taught the birds to build a nest,
And told the trees to take a rest?

This particular kid (person) questioned why the bird that he saw was building a nest for itself though the kid knew that no one or no other creatures did teach the bird to do so. He also knew that animals do not possess the wisdom to invent something on their own. In this situation, he did not know that it is just the nature of animals to seek for protection and safe place to hide. As the time turns to sunset and about to be night time, the kid wondered why the trees stopped producing oxygen and why they were doing so and on whose order.

3^rd Stanza.

And when the moon is not quite round,
Where can the missing bit be found?

Because the whole daytime has been windy, the kid then questioned why he could not see moon anywhere at the sky because at the moment, it was about to rain and the clouds already covered the skies up. He did not know that the rain comes from the process of condensation and needs the clouds to turn the air to liquid (rainwater).

4^th Stanza.

Who lights the stars, when they blow out,
And makes the lightning flash about?

As he could see the stars that were shining at the skies, they questioned how they shine and how they could be so bright at the night time. He only knew that light and brightness only comes from things that are burning and fired up by human being themselves. Lightning that stroked many times during the moment caught his attention because no one create lightning and makes them appear at the sky.

5^th Stanza.

Who paints the rainbow in the sky,
And hangs the fluffy clouds so high?

The day after, the kid could see the rainbow appeared at the sky and the formation of the colors of the rainbow makes him guessing of who painted and designed such organized pattern of colors. After the rain, the clouds rise up higher because they are fluffier now, light and softer, free from the water particles and reveal the beautiful colors of the rainbow.

6^th Stanza.

Why is it now, do you suppose,
That Dad won’t tell me if he knows?

Last of all, the kid questioned all the readers why his father (Dad) did not tell him if his Dad ever knew of why all the panoramas that he had seen happened before his own eyes. It is because the kid himself is still a young child, naïve, and innocent and his father might not tell him because afraid that he would not understand of how nature really works.

:- One of the poem that I've analysed myself and this poem looks very interesting. It reveals about nature and who created our world and most importantly, who created us. It is for us to find out who we are and what we were to be in this world.