How we cite our quotes: (section: I, II, etc.)
Quote #1
Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird. (Section I)
You could imagine this opening as a scene in a film that begins in a huge white landscape and slowly zooms in on a tiny black speck until the blackbird comes into view, and then keeps zooming until the whole screen is filled with the bird's eye. See! It twitched!
Quote #2
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of the pantomime. (Section III)
Little did we humans know, but there's the equivalent of a Broadway show going on at every moment out in the nature. The random activities of nature are compared to bit roles in a theatrical performance. The speaker views nature through the eyes of culture.
Quote #3
Do you not see how the blackbird
Walks around the feet
Of the women about you? (Section VII)
This section implies that a blackbird is just as good as some hoity-toity "golden bird." When you think about it, the value of gold is really cultural: we think of gold as beautiful because it's rare and exceptional. We often neglect the commonplace beauties that can be found everywhere.