Animals never care about anything. They do not commit any sins and hence do not weep like humans in the night. They are self-sufficient, innocent and do not believe in duties to God. They are happy with what they have. Read summary of the poem.
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
Animals are self-sufficient, calms and peaceful. They do not care about anything. They do not commit sins and do jot talk about duties to God. They do not believe in duty to God as they do not believe in afterlife. They don't have greed or lust for worldly things. Hence there is no discrimination amRead more
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
According to the poet, animals are better than humans because they are satisfied with their lives. They do not care about anything and instead enjoy their lives. They do not have greed for materialistic things. They never commit sins. On the other hand, humans always remain dissatisfied with their lRead more
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
The message of the poem Animals is that humans have lost innocence, fraternity and peace. They always commit sins, have greed for worldly things and also discriminate on the basis of class, religion, caste, colour etc. On the other hand, animals have retained the good qualities. They are satisfied wRead more
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
The poet is mesmerised by a lot of qualities of the animals. They are satisfied with their lives. They do not care about anything. They do not commit sins and thus never weep in the night like humans. They sleep peacefully. They do not have lust for worldly things and thus they are not greedy. TheyRead more
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
The tone of the poem Animals seems to be optimistic and passionate. They poet is dissatisfied with the mankind and it's never satisfying greed. The poet desires to live like animals. He provides various reasons to support his argument. According to him, animals live a better life than humans. They pRead more
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
Following figures of speech/literary devices have been used in the poem Animals: Personification: It is the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. In the poem, poet says that animals patient, well-Read more
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Lucifer
- better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven
The poet wants to live with animals because according to him, animals possess all the good qualities which humans do not have. They are happy with their lives, they do not care about anything, they do not commit sins and thus sleep in the night. They do not have classes and thus there is no discrimiRead more
Lucifer
In the poem Animals, the poet provides a comparison between humans and animals in terms of desire. According to the poet, all the animals are self-sufficient, calm and peaceful. They are happy with their lives and never weep because of their sins as they never commit any. They never quest for materiRead more