A Bird Came Down The Walk

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A Bird Came Down The Walk
 

• By Emily Dickinson

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A Bird Came Down The Walk
A bird came down the walkHe did not know I
sawHe bit an angle-worm in halvesAnd ate the
fellow, raw. And then he drank a dewFrom a
convenient grass,And then hopped sidewise to the
wallTo let a beetle pass. He glanced with rapid
eyesThat hurried all abroad, -They looked like
frightened beads, I thoughtHe stirred his velvet
head. Like one in danger cautious,I offered him
a crumb,And he unrolled his feathersAnd rowed
him softer home. Than oars divide the ocean,Too
silver for a seam,Or butterflies, off banks at
noon,Leap, plashless, as they swim.
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Aim How closely do people observe their
surroundings?Do Now Picture yourself in a park
or out for a walk somewhere. Describe what you
see around you and list all details. Try to
create imagery!
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Emily Dickinson

• Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst,
  Massachusetts, in 1830.
• Emily attended Mouth Holyoke Female Seminary and
  returned home after a year because of
  homesickness.
• She was always a shy and lonely child.
• Emily was born into a well-known family, her
  father and mother was named Emily Norcross and
  Edward Dickinson.
• Emily had the Bright's Disease which affects her
  kidney and died on May 15 1886 at the age 56.

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Similes

• He glanced with rapid eyes, that hurried all
  abroad,- they looked like frightened beads, I
  thought. That is an example of simile because it
  used like. It compared his eyes to beads. Another
  simile is Like one in danger cautious, I
  offered him a crumb, this is comparing how he
  acted cautious as if a person was in danger.

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Imagery

• A bird came down the walk He did not know I
  saw He bit an angle-worm in halves And ate the
  fellow, raw. -In this first stanza, you can
  picture a bird coming down from a tree or
  something else that he was on. He bit a worm in
  half and ate it.
• And then he drank a dew From a convenient grass,
  And then hopped side wise to the wall To let a
  beetle pass.-In this second stanza, the bird is
  on the grass and he is consuming all the dirty
  things on the grass. Then you can picture the
  bird letting the beetle pass so it moved it one
  side.
• He glanced with rapid eyes That hurried all
  abroad, - They looked like frightened beads, I
  thought He stirred his velvet head.-In this
  third stanza, the bird is looking at whats
  around him and might picture it to be cautious if
  something bad is going to happen.

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Personification

• Examples of personification in this poem are

-And then he drank a dew From a convenient
grass is an example of personification because
birds cant drink anything, they can only eat
therefore it is a human trait. -He glanced with
rapid eyes That hurried all abroad,- that is
expressing personification because the birds
eyes cant hurry all abroad. The birds eyes can
only move but not go anywhere else.
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Rhyme
A bird came down the walkHe did not know I
sawHe bit an angle-worm in halvesAnd ate the
fellow, raw. And then he drank a dewFrom a
convenient grass,And then hopped sidewise to the
wallTo let a beetle pass. He glanced with rapid
eyesThat hurried all abroad, -They looked like
frightened beads, I thoughtHe stirred his velvet
head. Like one in danger cautious,I offered him
a crumb,And he unrolled his feathersAnd rowed
him softer home. Than oars divide the ocean,Too
silver for a seam,Or butterflies, off banks at
noon,Leap, plashless, as they swim.
ABCB ABCB ABCD ABCD ABCD
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Meter
U / U / U / A bird came
down the walk U / U / U / He
did not know I saw U / U / U
/ U He bit an angle-worm in halves U
/ U / U And ate the fellow, raw.
U / U / U / And then he
drank a dew U / U / From
a convenient grass, U / U
/ U / U And then hopped sidewise to
the wall U / U / U To let a beetle
pass.
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Conclusion
I think that people dont take time to observe
their surroundings. They only care about what
they have and what they want. If people do take
time to observe things, there wouldnt be a lot
of pollution and different kinds of problems
occurring.