A Bird came down the Walk

A Bird came down the Walk-
He did not know I saw-
He bit an Anglework 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 around-
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought-
He stirred his Velvet Head

Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb
And he rolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home-

Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam-
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon
Leap, plashless as they swim.

Nature is the central purpose. Dickinson uses a bird to describe nature. Birds can be similar to humans in the actions that they perform. Also, the bird shows how pleasant nature and can and the true beauty of it.

What I got out of this poem was that at the beginning the bird was carrying on normal actions and did not know the speaker was watching it because it states "He did not know I saw." The bird eats a worm and drinks the dew from the grass meaning that it was probably morningtime. The bird finally notices the speaker and was frightened. The speaker "offered him a crumb" and the bird quickly flew away. "Oars divide the ocean" hint that the bird's wings were moving as if paddling or swimming.

Dickinson used similes and personification to compare the bird to humans and show how it went along with nature. The similes are "They looked like frightened beads" and "like one in danger." Some examples of personification are "oars divide the ocean" and "he unrolled his feathers."