An Analysis of Olive Senior's 'BirdShooting Season' Bird hunting is a sport that is often engaged in for enjoyment or competition purposes. In her poem, 'Birdshooting Season, Olive Senior shows the activities and attitudes of people who are connected to this sport. Stanza 1 This stanza shares that the men are very close to their guns during this season. Men come from far to prepare for birdhunting in the speaker's father's house. Stanza 2 The women work hard all night preparing the food and drink for the men to carry with them. They are described as being unhappy. Also, before they leave out the men drink rum that is not diluted by water. Stanza 3 The men leave in the darkness with their packs and guns. Stanza 4 The children watch the men as they go. The boys look forward to being birdhunters one day and the little girls want the birds to escape so the men will come home empty-handed. Literary Devices Contrast: There is a contras...