Name:- Vala Jyotsna T. Roll No:- 38. Paper no:- 6 (six). Topic:- Characteristic of poem “The Eagle” by Tennyson. Paper Name: -The Victorian Literature. Email.id :- valajyotsna7@gmail.com Submitted to :- Maharaja Krishna Kumar sinhji Bhavnagar Uni.

Tennyson was born on

6th August in 1809.

One of the poet in English literature.

The Eagle was first published in 1851.

INTRODUCTION

HIS WORKS

THE EAGLE

THEMEThe Eagle was typical example of a very short poem by

Tennyson.

Theme that means central idea of the poem. And most important thing for poet to poetry.

A very short poem “The Eagle” expresses the idea of freedom.

The Eagle is flying very

high even close to the sun

indicates that he is free

from all the bound.

So this is the theme of the poem “The Eagle”.

STRUCTURE LEVEL

Sun, Sea, Land, Mountain etc….

Poem in use of Verb, Nouns, Adjective, Objective like-

There are only two stanza and each stanza with three line.

“The Eagle” is a fine piece of poetry with only six lines.

This poem of The Rhyme scheme “AAA BBB”.

The Eagle is pictured in a

lofty position on a crag

“close to the sun”.

Tennyson used alliteration in the first line. He clasps the crag with crooked hands.

The second line the harsh consonant suggests the lack of

comfort on this mountain top.

Tennyson likes “The Eagle” to a person with the term “hands”. The alliteration of the phrase “lonely lands” in the second line emphasizes the birds solitude.

In the final line of “The Eagle” is seen is being Ringed with the azure world in other words the sky. So once again his elevated position is focused on.

The opening line of the second stanza switches to the

view below the mountain top in the personifying

phrase “The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls”.

The waves are reduced to the size of wrinkles again emphasizing how far above the sea.

In the second line the Eagle is watching “from his mountain walls”, making his position sound secure protected.

In the final line, Tennyson uses a simile to create an image of birds swift and powerful descent on his prey. “And like

a thunderbolt he falls”.

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SymbolsClose to the sun in

lonely lands.Close to the sun -

This could illustrate the

status of a person.In lonely lands – This could point out how lonely

someone can be in this position.

CONCLUSION

In this poem “The Eagle” by Lord Tennyson has given his idea about the condition.

REFERENCE

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