Answer these questions.
1. Close to the sun in lonely lands...
Is the eagle really standing close to the sun'? Why does
the speaker describe him this way?
b. What do you think is referred to as lonely lands?
a.
2. Read only the first stanza. What do you think the azure' refers to?
Now, read the second stanza. Could it also refer to something else?
3. The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls...
a. Why is the sea wrinkled'?
b.
Where is the sea with respect to the bird? What is the sea
doing? Does this make the sea look stronger or weaker than
the bird?
4. Is there any element of surprise in the last line? Why do you think
the speaker compares the eagle to a thunderbolt?
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B. Think and answer.
poem.
1. Read the poem without thinking about the title of the
Could this poem describe someone other than the eagle?
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