This poem is called easter wings, because it is about how the christian God saved the speaker from his pitiful existence and gives him new life and wings to fly. Easter is supposed to represent the day that Jesus rose from the dead, thus symbolically overcoming all evil and hardship, and eventually ascending into heaven. Similarly, the speaker tells of how Jesus does the same for him, and the poem is put into the shape of wings.
Also, in the first and third stanzas, the speaker talks about his decay and sin: the natural woes of man, and the sorrow he creates with his own sin. Visually, each line is smaller, thus showing how the man is reduced and beaten down by the weight of his troubles. But the second and fourth stanzas talk about how the Lord gives him strength, takes all of his burdens, and helps him be strong and fly, freeing him. In these, each line is gradually longer, giving the visual effect of increasing strength and rising.
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