Lord Alfred Tennyson's "The Eagle" Term Paper

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Note the way that the poet uses descriptive adjectives. The bird looks down on the "wrinkled" sea which "crawls" beneath him.

This description tends to provide the impression of the power of this lonely but proud bird. Simile is used in the last line to describe and actual motion of the bid as it falls like a "thunderbolt." The use of the word "thunderbolt" again intensifies the feeling of power and strength of this bird.

The poem The Darkling Thrush by Hardy also deals with a bird but the bird in this case only appears in the last two stanzas of the poem. The thematic intention in this poem is firstly an expression of despair and depression; which is supported by the poetic description of the winter landscape. In the poem the protagonist feels that all hope is lost and this is emphasized by the images of the apparently dead world around him.

And Winter's dregs made desolate

The weakening eye of day.

Note that the poet uses descriptive words and images to convey his central idea in the first stanza of the poem. The use of "dregs" and "desolate" combines with the line "The weakening eye of day" to convey an image - rich view of the world as empty of meaning.

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The bare and barren landscape of winter echoes his feelings about life and society.

The land's sharp features seemed to be The Century's corpse outleant,

However, the protagonist in the poem is suddenly startled out of his maudlin reverie by the sound of a bird.

At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead

In a full-hearted evensong

Of joy illimited;

The image and the rhythm of the poem change dramatically in these lines and the protagonist suddenly finds relief through the image of the defiant Thrush, which sings in the face of the extreme despair expressed by the winter emptiness.

Both of these poem deal with the similar images and subject matter.

However they qualify as poems in that a poem is an expression of emotions or perceptions that are "deeply felt." Poetry is judged partly on the ability of the poem, through the use of words and imagery, to successfully interpret and communicate the feelings and impressions that the poet experiences. As the above analysis has hopefully shown, these two poems certainly succeed in dramatically and artistically conveying both feeling and intention......

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