In Lawrence's "Bat", the poetic persona concludes the poem by stating

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In D.H. Lawrence's poem "Bat," the poetic persona concludes the poem by stating his aversion for bats. The poem begins at twilight in Florence, Italy, with the persona admiring what he initially takes to be swallows flying in the evening sky. However, he gradually realises that the creatures are not swallows but bats, and the mood shifts dramatically from admiration to disgust.

The final lines of the poem express clear revulsion. The persona declares that he does not like bats, describing them in repulsive terms and firmly rejecting any aesthetic appreciation of them. The closing exclamation "Not for me!" is an emphatic statement of personal aversion - the persona wants nothing to do with these creatures he finds dark, ugly, and unsettling.

The poem does not conclude by celebrating the beauty of nature in general, the beauty of bats specifically, or the ecological importance of bats. The entire trajectory of the poem moves from beauty (the sunset, the apparent swallows) to revulsion (the realisation that the creatures are bats), and the conclusion crystallises the persona's feeling of deep discomfort and dislike.