Bluebird

     According to Google, "symbolism" means: the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities. I think it is the when author uses some objects that are close to us, that are accessible to the majority of people, to express opinions or motions that authors want to tell us.

     In this poem, the symbol is the "bluebird", and I think here, "bluebird" represents the ambitions that grows deep inside of heart. They are the things that we have been dreaming of for a long time but which seems impossible to achieve.

     I think everybody has their unique "bluebird". As mentioned above, the bluebird represents our ambitions, which may seem to be hard to pursue, but we never forget about it. It has always been difficult for us to decide if we should release the "bluebird", and put thoughts into action. We hesitate because we know we may fail, and we may be embarrassed by other people because of the failure. One of the easiest examples are when I have crush on a girl, I always hesitate if I should start to ask her out. Every time when I am in that scenario, all the possibilities went through my mind. And for the most part, I chose to wait, and "only let him out
at night sometimes, when everybody's asleep." 

     Our life is made up of all those self-conflicting, we are always not sure if we should let the bluebird out. When we actually do, sometimes the bluebird reaches its destination, of course, sometimes it couldn't. In terms of larger "bluebird", it might change our life. For example, for careers, we have to decide between the ordinary route and our actual ambition. Different choices lead to different result, the ordinary route usually grants a secure and stable life, but you may not be happy; and choosing to pursue ambition, you may not be as successful as you expected, but most likely you are happy doing what you do. It's just like the choice between "practical" or "dream".