The way the speaker conveys the message almost gives a feeling of giving up, instead of the image of fighting and protecting that is portrayed in “The birdsong performed”. The speaker explains how armadillos "collide with a ton of moving metal" (6-7), "They're on my daily route" (8), and "there are too many of them" (13-14). These lines show that armadillos are dying regularly due to human activity, but there are too many at present for people to take action. The speaker goes on to say that "when we get down to the last half dozen" (18), people will start to care and take action to save the armadillos. This seems to paint the image of defeat, and the speaker will simply have to wait until it is almost too late to act. While both poems provide images about death, "Dead Armadillos" provides an image of despair and defeat with armadillos that are "constantly colliding with a ton of moving metal" (7) and a lack of "Save the Armadillo Society(s)" (11-12), while "Birdsong Interpreted" gives the image of a fight to protect