"The Eagle" by Tennyson, Lord Alfred - Explication

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My professor didnt agree with my explication, still he did comment that it was head written, imaginitive, and nicely argued. The possibility was well explained. What lowered my score were spell and grammatical errors, so please double check your work.

Essay:

When outgrowth reading this poetry single could easily assume that this poem is about an eagle and nothing else (Tennyson). However, after further analysis, one finds that there is more to this than just the eagle and its natural behavior. The eagle is actu every last(predicate)y a parable for someones rise and fall.

        The first and min words of the first task provide a ocular that further supports that the eagle is a symbolism for something other than itself. He clasps the crag with crooked hands (1). The word he is usually dumb to describe a young-begetting(prenominal) human or animate being (he). The poem could have easily started, It clasps the crag . . . or She clasps the crag . . . but instead it starts with the word he. This suggests that the object for which the eagle is a symbolism to is a masculine individual. The word talon describes the claw of an wight and especially of a bird of prey (talon). In this object lesson though, the word hands is used. This again supports that the poem is about more than an eagle.



Now, with the association of masculinity and hands, one can assume that the metaphor of the eagle is attached to a male human.

        The first line of the poem does more than just associate a male human. The other words in the first line: clasps, crag, and crooked, all associate the eagle with an elderly individual. When visualizing crooked hands clasping onto something, the torso that goes with the rest of the hands is...

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