In the following poem by richard wilbur first published in 1949, the speaker describes a juggler. read the poen
carefully. then, in a well-written essay, analyze how wilbur uses poetic elements and techniques to convey w
the description reveals about the speaker.
juggler
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a ball will bounce; but less and less. it's not
a light-hearted thing, resents its own resilience.
falling is what it loves, and the earth falls
so in our hearts from brilliance,
settles and is forgot.
it takes a sky-blue juggler with five red balls
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to shake our gravity up. whee, in the air
the balls roll around, wheel on his wheeling hands,
learning the ways of lightness, alter to spheres
grazing his finger ends,
cling to their courses there,
swinging a small heaven about his ears.
but a heaven is easier made of nothing at all
than the art
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