A Bird came down the Walk - A poem by Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson - A Bird came down the Walk

A Bird came down the Walk --
He did not know I saw --
He bit an Angleworm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,

And then he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass --
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass --

He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all around --
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought --
He stirred his Velvet Head

Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home --

Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam --
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon
Leap, plashless as they swim.

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Poet: Emily Dickinson (Emily Dickinson Art) Poem: 328. A Bird came down the Walk Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Comment 11 of 11, added on June 6th, 2009 at 3:46 AM. I think Emaly is trying to tell us about nature, about how wonderful nature is. In this poem Emily might be trying to tell about her life and feelings through this poems, she might want us to feel they way she did at some point in life. Abdul Wahab Parvez Khan from Pakistan Comment 10 of 11, added on February 17th, 2008 at 6:44 PM. if you read the poem, you notice that the tone of the poem is first, content, happiness. Then in the 3rd stanza it becomes more of a panic tone. And as the bird begins to fly away, the tone turns to calm and back to happiness. i think that emily is comparing this scene in nature to show us how this bird and humans are alike. For instance, when the bird is eating, its happy. This is the same when we humans are eating too. i mean no one eats in anger. Then when the bird is finished eating the bird becomes frantic because it feels as if its going to be attacked since its on the gound--unfamiliar territory--where it can not run away or defend itself as easily as in the air. Which leads to when the bird flies away and into the sky--familiar territory--the poem thus becomes calm again. Also, i think that in the last two lines of the 4th stanza and the first two lines of the 5th stanza, emily is comparing the air and the sky. Ann from Vietnam Comment 9 of 11, added on March 28th, 2007 at 10:39 AM. The poem is very well written and it is an easy read but really hard to understand but, i think that the bird resembles herself and how she is cutoff from society. Matthew Frain from United States More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, A Bird came down the Walk, has received 11 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Emily Dickinson with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Emily Dickinson Poem: 328. A Bird came down the Walk Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson Year: Published/Written in 1955 Last read: Dec 10 2009, 2:35PM Viewed 15605 times. Added on March 28th, 2007 at 10:39 AM.

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