The most obvious and blatant image in the poem is, of course, nature. The poem contains the wood pile itself, a swamp, winter scenery (snow), and birds as well as the narrator's fascination with communicating with such creatures. The narrator in this poem appears to be exploring nature, people, etc., and doesn't seem to have a clear background, identity, and is certainly not limited in points of view. This poem appears to be able to …showed first 75 words of 514 total…

…showed last 75 words of 514 total…paranoid as "...one who takes/Everything said as personal to himself." (lines 15-16). However, the narrator's description of the white feather may be a hint that the bird is not paranoid, and in fact has something to fear. This description is a betrayal to the narrator's claim of indifference to the bird. I suppose there is no way to be certain of the narrator's meaning, except to determine which speculation is most reliable and sensible.