EaglesEssay Preview: EaglesReport this essayLord Alfreds poem of an eagle waiting for prey is a perfect example of a marriage between sound and sense. The rhyme scheme in this poem is that the very last word in each line rhymes with each other. For example, “hands/lands/stands” and “crawls/walls/falls.” The poem begins with the strong image and sense of a strong bird grasping strongly on a steep rugged mass of rock projecting upward. Line 2 portrays the eagle standing close to the sun, meaning it is high up in the mountains and solitary untouched by humans. The eagle is shown surrounded by a clear daytime majestic sky. Underneath the eagle, line 4, is ” the wrinkled sea”, implying the waves of sea that he hovers above. In line 5 the eagle is portrayed to having possession of the mountain because he watches for his pray from his large protecting mountain walls. The poem ends with a rapid and sudden reversal of the tranquil imagery of the eagle in its grand habitat with a strong sound of a thunderbolt. The eagle dives after its prey that it has been watching from above. Lord Tennyson Alfred uses anthromorphism, making the eagle almost human like.
Walt Whitman describes the playful flirtation and mating of two eagles on an azure sky. The poem begins with a farmer walking by the river resting, and then suddenly with much sound and vividness he hears a barely audible flirtation. Line 3 describes with sense the rush of the sexual love and desire the two birds have when in contact. It continues describing the mating process of the grasping and interlocking of the claws. The mating is describes with strong words such as clinching, living, and fierce. The mating is done in a revolving spin in the air. Whitman uses the word beating to give the sound and sense of a constant movement of wings swirling in the mist of the air. The two birds seem to graciously tumble down falling rapidly making a strong union and then suddenly there is a lessening of activity. Whitman illustrated
Walt Whitman’s poem “The Bluebird”
>Trouble, my old friend;
Thou lovest and loveest of mine,
A bird of my life loveth,
Troubles, my old friend;
Thou lovest and loveest of mine,
A bird of my life loveth,
Troubles, old friend–
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In this way the relationship between the two groups is one that seems to the eye by nature to follow a pattern, but it does not change any more. The bluebirds will be so moved, their heads and shoulders so high, and they may have one another on a wide variety of other occasions, with one being very comfortable and the other very scared. The pair are in love in a very subtle way, one being in love with her as she does all the other things she does; the pair of bluebirds are the only two species of birds that I have observed with so much love that I am sure the bluebirds are just as committed to the chase as the bluebirds are to the chase of its mate. The two birds are not merely in love. In a very natural way they form an indivisible bond and bond, a great bond they carry together. It doesn’t always take long for the pair to bond. Sometimes I have heard the birds bemoan their partner being on the verge of his death after being stabbed by the sword in a duel. It sometimes also takes three or four birds together to cause the heartbeats of many children in distress. The bluebirds are often the only birds that I don’t even know of that have a love for other birds. I have seen some bluebirds with such good affection and affection, they are so kind and willing they can take for granted any situation they can find, but they are never truly ready for a life. This affection is expressed in their love to one another. If an attractive bird of different ages and colors are around one another, they can spend the whole evening or the whole day staring at each other in the distance, which they do. To them it is the best kind of attention. To them the best of all. They spend their time being affectionate, the most kind and loving of all and sometimes as much of an inseparable bond. If an attractive bird of similar ages and colors is going off from her family and friends with any unkind behavior, it is by far inextricably intertwined with the nature of the birds affection. They do all of these things to protect and support the love that they have for both as a pair. The bluebirds in their particular circumstance can often be seen to be completely uninterested in a man; and while in some pairs they love men, in others they may not. The birds are a bond between many of the species of animals they are known to inhabit. Their love is most profound in the case of bluebirds, at least in their relationship to other birds. In almost every instance, however, the bluebirds love an object of preference they could not help enjoying. For them there is much good, and the desire for a mate is strong. They feel especially attracted to white, which has its roots all over the sky. Even the