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By Alfred, Lord Tennyson. He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls. More Poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
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- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Learn about the poem 'The Eagle' by Tennyson, a short and powerful celebration of the strength and majesty of the eagle. Explore the poem's structure, themes, poetic techniques, and how it inspired Ted Hughes.
Learn about Tennyson's short-but-forceful appreciation of a mighty predator in "The Eagle". Explore the themes, symbols, poetic devices, and context of this poem with LitCharts.
This poem is one of Lord Tennyson's shortest pieces of literature. It is composed of two stanzas, three lines each. Contrary to the length, the poem is full of deeper meaning and figurative language. Often literary scholars believe the poem is short to emphasize the deeper meaning in nature itself, that the reader has to find himself.
This brief but superbly effective poem demonstrates the poetic techniques of, arguably, the greatest of the Victorian poets. Eagles are large, powerful birds of prey.
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. This poem is in the public domain. The Eagle - He clasps the crag with crooked hands.
The Eagle, by Alfred Tennyson. HE clasps the crag with 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.
