• She is sixty years old at the start of the poem. Luke: the son and only child of Michael and Isabel, he is Michael's most treasured family member.
  • The poem deals with man’s struggle in this hostile world to maintain his values and reputation, through the life of Michael, a lonely former.
  • In this poem, Michael is the shepherd and the entire poem describes his life in the country and the events he goes through.
  • 7Poetry For Every Occasion7. ... "There's something in your eyes, Michael, an' how they stare and stare -- You're lookin' at me now, me boy, as if I wasn't there. . . ."
  • "And all the air is filled with pleasant noise of waters": The air is filled with the soothing sound of flowing water. Michael poem Themes.
  • https://www.poetry.com/poem/78478/michael. ... Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography: Style:MLAChicagoAPA. "Michael" Poetry.com.
  • This poem is a piece created for my younger cousin who at the time was struggling with the issue of stuttering.
  • Here you will find the Poem Michael of poet Robert William Service.
  • "There's something on your heart, Michael, that makes ye wake at night, And often when I hear ye moan, I trimble in me fright. . . ."