(Poem No.34 of my favourite short poems)
Head of a Bald Eagle … Pen & Ink – WHB : May 2017
The Eagle
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.
By Alfred, Lord Tennyson
A poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 -1892), who succeeded Wordsworth as Poet Laureate in 1850. This short poem is expressed with great effect and dynamism. The adjectives are just right. The words, metre, alliteration and rhymes work together to convey the essence of the eagle’s power and majesty.
Roland's Ragbag 