But in modern Western poetry there is very little, comparatively speaking, about insects.

The English poets have all written a great deal about birds, and especially about singing birds; but very little has been written upon the subject of insects--singing insects.

One reason is probably that the number of musical insects in England is very small, perhaps owing to the climate.

American poets have written more about insects than English poets have done, though their work is of a much less finished kind.

But this is because musical insects in America are very numerous.