Poetic Diction Of The Eagle By Alfred Lord Tennyson

Have you ever had to analyze a poem? Well it’s one of the hardest tasks to accomplish, and many students around the world are tasked to do it year after year. However, there are many great poems to analyze such as Alfred Lord Tennyson’s, the Eagle. Therefore, some factors to consider when analyzing a poem are poetic diction, rhyme and meter, poetic devices, and figurative language and symbolism. One factor to consider when analyzing a poem is the poetic diction. When it comes to the poetic diction of the poem, the Eagle, the author uses words like wrinkled and crawls to describe the sea, thunderbolt to describe the eagle falling, and crooked to describe the eagle’s talons. Therefore, I would say that the language is appropriate for describing an eagle and its life. I also think the language adds to the meaning of the poem rather than detract from it because it makes the poem or the eagles life seem realistic and interesting. Another factor to consider when analyzing a poem is the use of rhyme and meter. One factor I mentioned is rhyme. In the Eagle, Alfred Lord Tennyson uses rhyme scheme and end rhyme. He uses this when he states “The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; he watches from his mountain walls, And like a
The author uses alliteration when he states “He clasps the crag with crooked hands” (Tennyson 1). This sentence uses alliteration because the same letters or sounds occur in the words clasps, crag, and crooked. Another example of the use of alliteration is when the author states “Close to the sun in lonely lands” (Tennyson 1). Again, this sentence uses alliteration because the same letters or sounds occur in the words lonely and lands. Finally, the last example of alliteration is when the author states “He watches from his mountain walls” (Tennyson 2). This sentence uses alliteration because, like previous examples, the same letters or sounds occur in the words watches and