The World With No Scum Trapped in a Poem

A bird came down the walk:


He did not know I saw;


He bit an angle-worm 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 abroad,

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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, splashless, as they swim. 

Emily Dickinson

      This poem gives a calm feeling from the quite observing of nature. Emily Dickinson is watching a bird and noticing the beauty in the world around her. Her comparison from the birds flight to oars in a stream or gentle butterflies, make the poem come to life. This simple poem may not have great meaning to fight injustice or show the world something new, but it does quietly, softly show us the beauty of Gods creation. She creates meaning through her choice of words.

Read the last lines over again. I see the bird twitching, hopping, and her reaching out in the sun and offering a crumb of bread. Him stirring about, nervous and cautious. Then flying away, softer than butterflies swimming in the air. Emily Dickinson creates meaning with the beauty of her writing and this poem simply means that this world is beautiful and intriguing.

ps....This is girly, but i'm doing The Witnesses for my other poem so it evens out.