Atticus PoetryShe walkedthrough her lifeheavyfrom themighty wingsupon her back.
About This Quote
The quote from Walt Whitman describes a woman who was weary from the burdens she had been carrying for a very long time. In fact, many of them were heavy enough to be almost unbearable. In this instance, the weight of the wings upon her back is a metaphor for how much she was weighed down by her burdens. The wings are symbolic of her inner struggles and the burden that they represented to her.
This person's trials caused her to feel as if she were a bird struggling to stay airborne. That is because she had been carrying burdens that were weighing her down. On the other hand, however, the wings were also symbolic of the power she felt from being able to overcome those trials and fly with them on her back.
Source: Love Her Wild: Poems
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