Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota

In the poem, " Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy's Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota," the author James Wright thinks about his life. Wright feels that his life has passed by and he has not accomplished his goals. Life has not changed for him in years. Wright has his goal but he feels that the desire to reach for what he wants is dimming. Several passages in the poem suggest this is happening. The poem mentions two animals, a horse and a cow. The horse is fast and powerful, while the the cow is slow. One passage says," The cowbells follow one another Into the distances of the afternoon." Another day has passed by and nothing has changed. In another part of the poem he mentions the droppings of a horse from a year ago. Coming from the horse, he describes them as golden stones. I think that this suggests what he could have been but didn't get there. At the end of the poem he admits that he has wasted his life