A Bird came down the Walk (328)

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Emily Dickinson

1891

A Bird came down the Walk (328) by Emily Dickinson

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Emily Dickinson

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The poem, through the eyes of the poet, describes a bird walking along a path. There is a jauntiness in the presentation, a matter-of-fact description of the bird as it eats a live worm. Nature is clearly brutal, but this is understated and not questioned.

A more anxious mood follows as the bird s...

A Bird came down the Walk (328) Annotated

A Bird came down the Walk—
He did not know I saw—
He bit an Angleworm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw

And then he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass—
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass—

He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all around—
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought—
He stirred his Velvet Head

Like one in danger, Cautious
I offered him a Crumb
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home—

Than Oars divide the Ocean
Too silver for a seam—
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon
Leap, plashless as they swim

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