WHISTLING OF BIRDS

                                           D.H. Lawrence
D.H Lawrence is  a famous English poet, novelist and critic. He is known for his
love for
nature. He was also a great moralist.

In ‘Whistling of Birds’ , he expresses his natural feelings as well as  his

fascination for
nature. The essay is  a vivid description of the change from winter to spring. The
writer
describes first the cold and dull winter. Winter is a dull season as it kills the
beauty of
nature. It is the season of death and destruction and is also the season of
inactivity.

Everything turns yellow and brown in the harsh winter. The birds start dying in
this season. It  stops the whistling of birds. Death rules everywhere.
The transformation from winter into spring had hardly started to occur. The birds
were
also responding to this change instinctively.
  They had stated singing and their songs were itself  giving a message of the
approach of the spring.. Although the torn remains of the birds could be seen
scattered everywhere yet the whistling birds had forgotten the past and they were
inclined only to herald spring season which was now setting in.  The death is
unable to stop the onrush of life as winter was unable to stop the onrush of
spring.

The writer is of the view that this change is a natural phenomenon and it is
beyond our
control. We can neither prolong winter nor hold back the spring. In the presence
of winter,
spring is absent as in the presence of life death flees away .They cannot co-exist.
The same
is the case with human life. We are also either happy or sad but we cannot be
happy and
sad together.

Whistling of Birds” shows writer s’ love for nature-discuss?

Lawrence very successfully describes the change of nature in this essay.
Change of seasons
is a phenomenon of nature. Nature goes on completing it life cycle round the
year. Winter
and  spring are totally incompatible to each other.

 When there is winter, there is no sign of

the spring season and when there is spring , there is no sign of winter. This
journey of
nature is going on parallel  but in the two directions. Winter gives forth spring and
spring
gives forth winter.