Ocka-ocka bird - “Ejaculation, Reply, and Song”
The Ocka-Ocka bird embodies electrifying nature. The poet affirms that the bird subsists whereas the scientist insists that the bird in nonexistent. The mocking bird’s reply, “ Chip-chip.Tu-wit-a-wee.OCka-Ocka”, affirms assuredly that it is real in the forest.
Misty Weather - “A Chronic Condition”
The misty weather in Berkley exemplifies the protracted, inauspicious condition that does not sponsor the proliferation of fauna and bees. The mist thwarts the eventuality of light culminating in unpleasant dimness.
Trees - “Because he swings so neatly through the trees,”
Wilbur writes, “Because he swings so neatly through the trees,/An ape feels natural in the word trapeze.” The trees denote a regular, relaxed habitation where an Ape would swing ecstatically. An ape would not be comfortable in an environment that is deficient of trees because it principally locomotes by swinging.
Chameleon
A chameleon signifies congenial changes. Wilbur notes, “The beautiful changes as a forest is changed/By a chameleon’s tuning his skin to it;” During Fall, the forest manifests changes that are akin to that of a chameleon fine-tuning to its backgrounds. The forest embraces greenness which broadcasts the certainty of pleasurable Fall.
Words
Words are fundamental, potent dynamism “which can make our terrors bravely clear,/Can also thus domesticate fear.” Words uncover or shroud fear that one could be riveting in the unconscious.
