The Eagle

                   

 
                               The Eagle
                                            -Tennyson
* Introduction:-

   Composed in 1851, tennyson's poem The Eagle is a brief but vivid glimpse into the world of this powerful bird. In aere six lines of poetry, Tennyson has constructed a masterly portrayal of the eagle in its natural surroundings, This poem is very short but full of meaning.
“The Eagle" A Fragmemt was first published in1851, when it was added to the seventh edition of Tennyson's poem which had itself been published first in 1842. As with the best of the poet's work this short poem displays a strong musical sense the words chosen such as “crag" “azure" and “thunderbolt" not only fit the meaning of the poem but also fit the slow musical sensibility which gives the poem its thoughtful almost worshipful, tone.
 
*Summary:-

       Tennyson's poem “The Eagle" though short, has regular rhyme and other poetic devices such as iambic tetrameter, alliteration, personification and simile. The first three verses are rather differents from the final three. The first three stranza focus on the eagle but the final three focus on the eagle's world and nature. The literary devices of the poem and the powerful imagery combine to make it a classic in the world of English poetry.In the initial three line stranza the eagle is pictured in a lofty position, on a crag 'close to sun'.
     The first verse of the poem exemplifies personification. Though the eagle has claws, Tennyson uses the word "hands". In the second verse, Tennyson makes it clear that the eagle is very high in the sky when he says it is close to sun. The phrase “lonely lands" expresses the eagle's solitude. It is also an example of alliteration because “lonely" and “lands" both start with the letter “l".
   
      The final three verses of the poem mark a shift in the direction of the poem becasu they describe the ocean, the eagle's home of mountain walls, and Finally,his descent to the world below. The Sea has the appearance of being wrinkled and it merely Crawls. This is in contrast to the Swift motion of the eagle through the sky. It is also important to note that the eagle is so high in the sky that everything seems slow and distant. when the eagle watches from his mountain walls, one senses that the eagle has good view of all below and also that the movement the eagle spots prey, it will be attacked. This is Emphasized in the final line which Compares the eagle to a thunderbolt. The reader Senses the speed of the eagle as it flies from high in the sky to the world below. This comparision with “like" is an Excellent example of smile.