A Bird Came Down to the Walk

A darn came down thewalk WRITTEN BY EMILY DICKINSON A Bird came down the walk Background Dickinson liked to write about blue moments in life. She liked to write about moments between people and animals. rime Stanza one From the first line we have the animal world go in the human world. The dolly is oblivious to the presence of Dickinson. She watches on as the annulus eats a worm. The use of the word fellow is suggested to show how ill-mannered this act is but it is only used as an element of humour. Dickinson finds this both fascinating and playful. Stanza two Dickinson continues the observation and continues to run with the gentleman theme and gives the bird an element of grace. By mentioning Dew Dickinson shows how closely she is watching the bird as if low a microscope seeing all the minute elements perfectly. Stanza three There is a change in this stanza as the bird moves from one of grace and assuredness to one of caution as if it is watchful of possible threats. Ev en during this sentence of caution the bird manages to remain beautiful Velvet Head. Stanza four In this stanza the word cautious refers to both speaker and bird.While Dickinson tries to bridge over the gap between man and animal the bird flying outside(a) shows that this will not happen. The birds flight is not shown as one of terror but rather with elegance as the bird retains its beauty. Stanza five This beauteous flight continues into stanza five. This flight is shown to be graceful and noiseless. By showing it this way Dickinson shows that the bird is graceful and is a natural grammatical constituent of this world disturbing nothing. She emphasises this by comparing it to more of natures creations. Points to note Expressing the beauty of nature Positive poem Use of resource and punctuation key