Is she suggesting that good can and does come from human interference in nature e.g. It is as if the whole scene has been transformed, and her writing reflects that. Yet this is not necessarily or entirely seen as a bad thing - it is at this stage, when the bird takes off that her writing takes off into metaphor ("Too silver for a seam"). The human interference, finally, in line 14 ("I offered him a crumb") disturbs the scene - the bird flies away ("he unrolled his feathers"). She is a presence in the poem from line 2, but we don't find out much about her as the focus is on the bird. She does not interfere, but she is not passive, as her observations are quite detailed e.g. At the start the poet is just observing the bird ("He did not know I saw"). The poem deals, among other things, with the relationship between nature and. The bird is personified like a human, and the speaker is characterized a little like a bird (anthropomorphism ). Nature, for Dickinson, is insensate (lacking compassion), a place of danger. Here, in Dickinson, both the bird and the speaker feel "cautious" in it, out of place, afraid. In most poetry, especially Romantic, humankind finds peace in nature it is a welcoming mother. "A Bird Came Down a Walk" by Emily Dickinson reveals both the danger and beauty of the outer, natural world and the inner, self-conscious world of both the bird and the speaker. We can be harsh and gentle, alternatively, as it suits our purposes. She also sees the gentleness in the bird, who acquiesces to a beetle: And then hopped sidewise to the Wall To let a Beetle pass- In essence, the bird mirrors the actions that humankind takes. Consequently, this taints her view somewhat of this creature that she realizes has a killer instinct as well. Although the bird looks like a peaceful creature, it must forage for food to live and therefore goes after a worm and devours it. She sees the bird in its natural, splendid beauty engage in acts that it must engage in to survive. She sees the bird approaching from down a sidewalk in her community. It is her observation of the natural world as it coexists with man's increasingly modern society approaching the 20th century. Too silver for a seam- Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon This quote contains two different moments of alliteration - in the first line with the letter "s" and in the second line with the letter "b." "A Bird came down the Walk" by the poet Emily Dickinson is a five-stanza poem concerning her perceptions upon seeing this winged creature go about its daily activities. Alliteration is the repetition of the beginning sound of a word. Alliteration is also present throughout the poem. We can then imagine the motion of the wings and the slickness of the feathers. And he unrolled his feathers And rowed him softer home Than Oars divide the Ocean That simile compares the feathers to oars dividing the ocean. Another simile extends through the fourth and fifth stanzas. This is also personification because the beads are "frightened," and as we know, beads are inanimate objects and cannot be frightened. He glanced with rapid eyes That hurried all around- They looked like frightened Beads, I thought- This is a simile because the narrator compares the bird's eyes to beads. This is a metaphor because the narrator compares the bird's head to velvet without the use of "like" or "as." This emphasizes the texture of the bird's head and creates an idea of softness. There are many poetic devices in Emily Dickinson's "A Bird come down the Walk-" including metaphor, simile, personification, and alliteration.
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