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28 September 2000
“The Eagle:” A Humanistic Portrait
Tennyson’s “The Eagle: A Fragment” evokes a sad sense of impending fate. Tennyson unites the frailty of old age with the magnificent power of the eagle, a bird which ironically personifies the last moments of a dying man. ... Both the eagle and the surrounding environment assume the anthropomorphic form of an aged man. The talons of the eagle are portrayed as “crooked hands” (1), metaphorically being transformed from bird-like to human-like. The hands “clasp” (1) the “mountain walls” (5) giving the eagle, or his human personification, a chance to view the “wrinkled sea” (4) from a lofty height. ... The eagle does not sit or perch upon the mountain face, but “stands,” (3) thus Tennyson’s eagle takes human form.
Approximate Word count = 610
Approximate Pages = 2.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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