诗歌赏析-I-See-A-Bird-Came-down-the-Walk

ISeeABirdCamedowntheWalkInthepoemABirdCamedowntheWalk,itshowsusavividpictureofnatureinfrontofus.Thespeakerobservesthebirdandtriestoestablishcontactwiththebirdbyofferingitfood.Thebirdfliesoff.Afewofthespeaker'sdetailsdescribethebirdasawildcreatureinnature,andmoredetailspresenthisbehaviorandhisappearanceintermsofhumanbehavior.Instanza1,sincethebirddoesnotknowthespeakerispresent,hebehavesnaturally,thatis,hisbehaviorisnotaffectedbyherpresence.Weseethebird'swildnessornon-humannessinhisbitingtheworminhalfandeatingit.Rawcontinuestoemphasizehiswildness.Ironically,hewordrawcarriesanimplicationofcivilizedvaluesandpractices.Instanza2,thebirds'alliterationsuggestsacertainrefinement,andfromagrassmakestheactionresemblethehumanactionofdrinkingfromaglass.Andthebirdpolitelyallowsabeetletopass.Instanza3,thefirsttwolinesdescribesthebird'slookingaroundisfactualdescriptionandsuggeststhebird'scautionandfear.Inthelasttwolines,thespeakerdescribesthebirdintermsofcivilization,withbeadsandvelvet.Instanza4,theideaofdangerinnatureismadeexplicitbutremainsaminornoteinthisstanzaandinthepoem.Itoccupiesonlyhalfaline,Likeoneindanger.AndoneofthecharacteristicsofDickinson'spoetryisatendencytodropendingsaswellasconnectingwordsandphrases;youhavetodecidewhethershehasdroppedthe-lyendingfromcautious.Ithinkthatthispoemrevealsboththedangerandthebeautyofnature.Theauthorgivesusavividpictureinhavingthenarratorseethebirdincivilizedterms,whichhasgaveusadeepimpression.