The Eagle
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
metaphor : wrinkled sea
personification : clasps with crooked hands"... like a human being
simile:" like a thunderbolt " ascribes the act of diving or falling with the use of the word like"
This is a famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. I like it because it is easy to understand. In a few sentences, one can see the character of an eagle. The eagle stays alert on the mountain in the hope of catching a prey. And when he sights his prey, he swoops down swiftly and catches the prey with precision. I wish I can be like the eagle alert, fast and accurate.
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
metaphor : wrinkled sea
personification : clasps with crooked hands"... like a human being
simile:" like a thunderbolt " ascribes the act of diving or falling with the use of the word like"
This is a famous poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson. I like it because it is easy to understand. In a few sentences, one can see the character of an eagle. The eagle stays alert on the mountain in the hope of catching a prey. And when he sights his prey, he swoops down swiftly and catches the prey with precision. I wish I can be like the eagle alert, fast and accurate.
Very micro-fictioish in your analysis. Don't hesitate to expand a little more.
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