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An
Analysis
The
Bear
on
the
Delhi
Road
By
Andre
Bailly
Man
has
long
sought
to
be
his
own
master,
to
exist
unaffected
by
the
whims
of
nature.
This
longing
for
control
is
go
great
interest
to
many
Canadian
writers,
and
in
particular
to
Earl
Birney.
Birney's
poetry
often
questions
man's
freedom
and
expresses
the
opinion
that
nature
is
the
one
force
that
man
cannot
fully
overcome.
He
appears
to
see
nature
in
three
ways:
as
a
tentatively
controlled
force,
as
controlling
force,
and
as
man
himself.
When
controlled,
nature
is
under
man's
power
only
briefly,
quickly
rising
again
to
govern.
When
equated
to
nature,
man
is
under
the
subtle
but
relentless
rule.
In
the
"Bear
on
the
Delhi
Road,"
the
central
figure
of
nature
is
the
great
Himalayan
Bear.
Two
Kashmirans,
representing
mankind,
have
captured
him
and
are
trying
to
teach
him
to
dance,
so
that
they
might
make
a
living.
Birney
provides
in
this
poem
an
insight
into
his
views,
and
one
into
man's
status
compared
to
nature
as
well.
The
Kashmirans
in
"The
Bear
on
the
Delhi
Road
are
faced
with
the
difficult
task
of
training
the
bear.
Though
they
mean
the
creature
no
harm,
they
are
determined
to
change
his
ways,
to
"wear
from
his
shaggy
body
the
tranced
wish
forever
to
stay
only
an
ambling
bear
four
footed
in
the
berries.
"
Much
as
man
seeks
to
change
nature
against
its
"will,"
the
men
labour
at
the
bear.
The
"tranced
wish,"
inherent
in
the
bear
and
in
nature
itself
is
to
remain
unchanged.
To
do
so
is
unreal,
unnatural.
Altering
the
habits
of
the
bear
would
make
it
something
other
than
a
bear.
The
men
do
not
realize
that
the
vulnerability
of
nature
is
its
tendency
not
to
change,
as
they
change
it,
their
power
over
it
weakens.
As
the
men
rear
the
bear
up,
they
lose
their
control
over
it,
for
nature
can
be
influenced,
but
never
altered.
Its
controlled
guise
is
a
tentative
stat,
and
it
reverts
to
gain
control
once
its
essence
is
endangered.
As
the
bear
rears
up,
the
men
and
their
power
are
immediately
diminished.
The
bear
is
described
as,
"unreal,
tall
as
a
myth,"
implying
the
fabulous
proportions
he
has
suddenly
attained.
The
men,
"spindly
as
locusts,"
leap
about
the
feet
of
the
bear,
assuming
the
role
of
clerics
serving
their
god.
Nature
is
raised
to
an
all-powerful
force,
with
mankind
as
its
servants.
As
the
men
"prance
out
of
reach
of
the
preying
claws,"
they
are
subject
entirely
to
nature's
wrath.
Having
brought
it
to
such
a
level,they
have
reversed
their
prior
situation,
and
are
now
governed
by
the
previously
controlled
force.
The
bear
now
glorifies
in
his
situation,
"beating
the
brilliant
air
with
his
crooked
arms,"
leading
us
to
believe
that
nature
may
not
be
the
benign,
motherly
figure
it
is
reputed
to
be,
but
a
violent
power
to
be
religiously
obeyed.
With
such
an
outright
reversal
of
positions,
one
tends
to
see
the
bear
assume
the
position
man
once
held,
and
similar
status
of
man
and
nature.
Having
fallen
into
the
place
of
the
man,
the
bear
will
dance.
Nature
is
not
under
the
control
of
man,
its
will
happens
merely
to
coincide.
The
two
are
equals,
so
can
exist
harmoniously.
In
the
poem,
'They
are
peaceful
both.these
spare
men
of
Kashmir
and
the
bearalive
is
their
living."
When
the
bear
dances,
it
is
not
because
it
is
forced
to.
The
men
cannot
change
the
bear
unless
he
happens
to
agree
to
the
change.
Nature,
therefor,
has
come
to
terms
with
man,
and
vice
versa.
Seen
in
this
view,
the
force
of
nature
can
be
overcome,
simply
by
modifying
man's
ideals
so
that
they
align
with
those
held
by
nature.
Even
in
the
assumption
that
the
bear's
will
isareflection
of
agreaterwill,
that
of
nature's,
we
are
in
a
sense
giving
nature
human
quality,
and
thereby
placing
it
on
equal
footing
with
man.
In
"The
Bear
on
the
Delhi
Road,"
Earle
Birney
seems
to
long
for
a
oneness
between
man
and
nature.
He
gives
insight
into
the
characteristics
of
both
and
provided
an
equality
between
the
status
of
the
two.
The
poem
can
be
taken
as
a
warning
to
mankind
of
the
danger
in
disturbing
the
natural
order.
Bimey
realizes,
however,
the
difficulty
man
has
in
accepting
this
natural
order,
and
not
having
the
capability
to
change
it.
According
to
the
poem,
"it
is
not
easy
to
free
myth
from
reality."
This
expresses
the
confusion
man
finds
when
faced
with
a
force
of
equal
strength.
The
mythic
dimensions
that
the
bear
assumes
show
his
power,
but
when
it
lurches,
"in
the
tranced
dancing
of
men,"
it
has
allowed
an
even
standing
between
man
and
beast,
a
situation
Birney
appears
to
feel
is
reality.