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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EAGLE; A FRAGMENT, by ALFRED TENNYSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He clasps the crag with crooked [or, hooked] hands Last Line: And like a thunderbolt he falls. Alternate Author Name(s): Tennyson, Lord Alfred; Tennyson, 1st Baron; Tennyson Of Aldworth And Farringford, Baron Variant Title(s): The Eagle Subject(s): Birds; Eagles | |||
HE clasps the crag with hooked [or crooked] hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ONE TO NOTHING by CAROLYN KIZER FOR THE LAST WOLVERINE by JAMES DICKEY THE EAGLE OF THE BLUE by HERMAN MELVILLE THE DALLIANCE OF THE EAGLES by WALT WHITMAN THE EAGLE AND THE MOLE by ELINOR WYLIE MYRMIDONES: THE WOUNDED EAGLE by AESCHYLUS TO THE GALLIC EAGLE by BERNARD BARTON A CHARACTER by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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