"The Fish," "Woodchucks," and "A Blessing" all portray human interaction with nature. Discuss the poem "A Blessing," sharing both your emotional reaction to it and incorporating at least one literary feature such as setting, simile, personification, point of view, tone, onomatopoeia, etc.

"The Blessing" by James Wright is a tender, haunting, and beautiful poem about his interaction with a couple of ponies. It is almost a religious-like encounter, as he and the ponies react with wonder, kindness, and closeness, despite being two different species. And though they are unable to vocally communicate with one another, there is a sense of communication going on. Wright indicates communication when he writes "they have come gladly out of the willows to welcome my friend and me" and "they can hardly contain their happiness that we have come" and "they bow shyly as wet swans." The ponies are in awe of the humans, just as Wright and his friend are in awe of them. In fact, one of the ponies walked over and "nuzzled my left hand." Wright ends on a note of pure delight with the encounter, saying, "Suddenly I realize / that if I stepped out of my body I would break / Into blossom." He is touched and moved by the experience.
There are a few similes (the comparison of two things with a "like" or "as") in the poem, such as "they bow shyly as wet swans" and "the light breeze moves me to caress her long ear / that is delicate as the skin over a girl's wrist"
The point of view is a first person, as indicated with the use of "I", "me," and "we."
A couple other striking instances of figurative language include "And the eyes of those two Indian ponies / darken with kindness" and "That if I stepped out of my body I would break / Into blossom."
Considering the tender but ultimately delightful tone of the poem, the setting—a sunset—is interesting. Sunsets can sometimes be symbolic of an "ending," while sunrises can be symbolic of "new beginnings." But the way he describes the sunset—"Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass"—reinforces the sweet, tender tone.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46481/a-blessing