ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Simile is present in the third stanza. He glanced with rapid eyes That hurried all around-They looked like frightened Beads, I thought-This is a simile because the narrator compares the bird’s eyes to beads.

Detailed explanation-2: -Metaphor is present in the third stanza. He stirred his Velvet Head. This is a metaphor because the narrator compares the bird’s head to velvet without the use of “like” or “as.” This emphasizes the texture of the bird’s head and creates an idea of softness.

Detailed explanation-3: -The bird itself has eyes like “frightened Beads, ” suggesting its own anxiety about its place in this bird-eat-worm, cat-eat-bird world.

Detailed explanation-4: -One of the most important literary devices used in In ‘A Bird, came down the Walk’ is imagery; the poet takes you to a whole new world of watching the action of a bird. In fact, she shows you the action of a bird through her writing, and that too by picturizing the entire scene before you.

Detailed explanation-5: -How does the poet describe the eyes of the bird? Watery like dew.