cannot go to sleep;Besides, in the sky the little birds fly, And the hills are all covered with sheep (lines 9-12).The children want to stay outside and play because they are not tired, and they see all the other young animals playing as well. The poems ends with a comparison of the children to the animals:The little ones leaped, shouted, and laughed, And all the hills echoed (lines 15-16).The sheep that they see act much like the children are acting. The sheep run, jump, and baa (or shout) when excited. This could be what is echoed in line 16. Or, since the children are in a valley, the hills could be echoing their laughter back down into the valley.The second song has a much different feel to it, both in its etching, and in its verse. The picture that the verse is written on it not a bright as the first song. The greens are much darker, and the only blue is in the background of the two children, and above the title of the poem. The picture itself consists of three people, what seems like a boy sitting in the background, alone and concentrating on some sort of work, a young girl with a mischievous look on her face, and an older woman combing the young girls hair. The three are in a sort of door, the boy leaning against the frame, while the others are out in the sun. The doorframe itself shows age to the reader. The white walls are covered with many long vines that climb the entire wall, and on the vines is full bunches of grapes, plump and ready to eat. The vines are a dark green, not like the young, sapling green in the first song. The title itself is free from vines and not at all being held down to the wall. this could mean that the experience of the nurse has set her free of all her childlike notions and thoughts. The verse itself is much less juvenile than the first song. Instead of the narrator telling the children that it is okay to play longer, she is much more down trodden than the first song. She speaks of havi...
