How Tenyson Describes the Eagle

How Tenyson Describes the Eagle

In verse 1, line 1 he describes the eagle as being harsh, violent and

rough by using alliteration in the words 'clasps', 'crag', and

'crooked'. He uses onomatopoeia also in these words to get over the

violentness of the bird and also its rough environment. When using the

phrase 'crooked hands' Tenyson is describing how the shape of the

claws are crooked but when he used the word 'hands' instead of claws

this is implying the eagle has god like qualities.

The phrase 'close to the sun' has connotations of the bird being

god-like (because some religions worship the sun like a god). The sun

also has connotations of energy and strength implying the bird has

these qualities. The phrase could also be saying that the bird flies

high up, above everyone else, furthering the idea of the bird being

god like.

The remainder of line 2 'in lonely lands' gives the reader a feeling

that the bird is a solitary creature, the only one, with no one above

him in status.

In line 3 the author describes the 'azure' (blue) world that surrounds

the eagle. This is the big blue sky and the vast mass of sea that is

around the eagle. 'Ring'd with the azure world, he stands.' When the

author says 'he stands' at the end of the line he is putting the idea

across that the Eagle is much more than just a bird, he is standing

tall in the centre of his world as if her is in control like a god.

At the start of verse 2 it furthers the ideas set in line 3 - 'The

wrinkled sea beneath him crawls.' Tenyson uses the metaphor 'wrinkled

sea' to describe the waves of the sea. The way Tenyson says the sea is

wrinkled could also be trying ...

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... play. Remembering Tiney's habits like this shows that Cowper had time

for the Hare.

Cowper said he kept Tiney because the hare amused him -

"I kept him for humours sake,

For he would oft beguile,

My heart of thoughts made it ache,

And force me to smile"

This is saying, even on the days when Cowper was sad; Tiney would

force a smile to his face.

In the last couple eof verses Cowper talks about the death of Tiny,

but he still looks on the positive side of things. -

"But now beneath the walnut shade

He finds his long, last home,

And waits in snug concealment laid,

Till gentler puss shall come."

This verse is describing where Tiney is buried, under a walnut tree.

Cowper looks on the bright side by saying Puss, his cat, will die

soon, and it will keep Tiney company when he dies.