PRESENTATION OUTLINE
A BIRD, CAME DOWN THE WALK
A Bird, came down the Walk -
He did not know I saw -
He bit an Angle Worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,
And then, he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass -
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass -
He glanced with rapid eyes,
That hurried all abroad -
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought,
He stirred his Velvet Head. -
Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers,
And rowed him softer Home -
Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,
Leap, splashless as they swim.
Figures of Speech:
-SIMILE: He glanced with rapid eyes that hurried all around...
They looked like frightened beeds I thought...
The simile in those lines are (They looked like frightened beeds) to specify the birds potential reason for its action.
Sound Devices:
-ASSONANCE: sAW-rAW
grASS-pASS
Message of the Poem:
The message and theme of the poem is really about nature. It takes a subtle moment between the speaker and a bird and magnifies each occurrence. The poem itself points to other works linking the theme of nature with Dickinson's frequently visited theme of God
