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Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
THE EAGLE
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
close to the sun in lonely hands,
Rung with the azure world, he stands,
The wrinkled sea beneath crawls:
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.
Questions
(i) Identify two sound patterns employed in the poem.

(ii) What has the poet achieved by use of the above?

(iii) Which word would you stress in the last line and why?

(iv)What gestures would you use while reciting line one of the poem?

Answer Text:
(i) Alliteration – clasps crag crooked
Onomatopoeia – thunderbolt
Rhyme – hands- lands
Crawls -walls
(ii) Rhythm- that is the musicality of the poem making it memorable and enjoyable.
(iii) Thunderbolt – it captures the meaning of the line and vividly capture the strength of the eagle.
(iv) Folding hands into a fist to show how the eagle is flying.
Dramatize flapping of the wings.