Critically comment on the relationship between the black bird and the traveler in The Wood Pile Robert Frost s - poem The Wood-Pile describes a traveler walking alone through a frozen swamp on a gray winter day During his walk he meets a small black bird The short meeting between the bird and the traveler becomes meaningful because it shows how people and nature misunderstand each other Frost uses this meeting to express human curiosity loneliness and the distance between man and nature The Bird s Fear and Distrust The black bird is shy and frightened When the traveler moves closer the bird hides behind trees and keeps a distance The traveler notices that the bird behaves as if he wants to harm it or take its feathers He says the bird is So foolish as to think what he thought This shows how fear makes the bird suspicious even