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- Created by: mkfsd
- Created on: 16-02-13 09:52
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- A bird came down the walk
- First Stanza
- Personification- "He"; she uses a 3rd person pronoun to compare the bird to a human which creates a lack of familiarity
- Semantic field of aggression - "ate the fellow, raw"
- Rhyming Couplet - "raw", "saw"
- Use of basic verbs "bit", "ate" which makes him seem human
- Second Stanza
- "And then hopped sidewise to the wall" she personifies him to be a gentleman
- "Grass", "pass" rhyming couplet - ABCB rhyme scheme
- Third Stanza
- "They looked like frightened Beads" - Simile & Animalism - the beads are given human features
- "he glanced with rapid eyes" the adjective shows fear. The bird is now the prey - Change of perspective
- "He stirred his Velvet Head" this shows importance. Enjambent; there's a change of tone, theres a different interaction between the speaker and bird
- Fourth Stanza
- "I offered him a Crumb" this suggests that the bird is full; the bird doesnt need nature to survive
- "And he unrolled his feathers" - Metaphorical; the bird is flying. Personification- rowing instead of flying
- "Rowed" - Quite, calm, doesnt disturb wate - peaceful, unlike flying
- Fifth Stanza
- "Too silver for a seam" the birds flight is being compared to the smooth movement of a boat. Creates a elegant, beautiful image
- First Stanza
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