Bird Poetry

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The paper portrays how impressions in Tennyson's "The Eagle" and Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush" are expressed through the artistic use of language, metaphor, poetic diction and imagery. The paper relates that poetry is judged partly on the ability of the poem to successfully communicate the feelings and impressions of the poet. The paper is of the opinion that these two poems succeed in dramatically and artistically conveying both feeling and intention.

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"Poetry has been described as; "An imaginative response to experience reflecting a keen awareness of language." (Literary Terms) An even more apt view is the famous definition of poetry by William Wordsworth, who saw poetry as the "... spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings;" (What is Poetry?) Both these definitions can be related to the two poems under discussion."
"The first poem by Tennyson is a good example of the poetic use of language to create a mood and atmosphere which expresses a deep feeling or impression. It is important to note that this is a fragment or very short poem and within these two stanzas of three line each the poet, through the use of poetic devices and language, is able to convey his ' massage' or intention in the poem."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Literary Terms. 5 January, 2006. <http://www.armour.k12.sd.us/Mary's%20Classes/literary_terms_glossary.htm>
• What is Poetry? 5 January, 2006. <http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/poetry/a/poetry.htm>

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