`The Dalliance of Eagles` by Walt Whitman

Skirting the river road (my forenoon walk , my rest / Skyward in air a sudden muffled sound , the dalliance of the eagles / The rushing amorous contact high in space together ' so begins Walt Whitman 's descriptive divulgings of The Dalliance of Eagles , a poem which relates and indulges on the details of the aptly mentioned title . It begins with the narrator of the poem taking an afternoon walk and coming upon two eagles engaging in what appears to be frivolous play or flirtation , and proceeds to elucidate from there

The extent of Whitman

's short poem relates vivid details , and snatches turn of events in the specific , providing its readers an intimate and more than general view of the instance of two eagles engaging in play or the beginning of intercourse . Whitman writes , The clinching interlocking claws , a living fiercing , gyrating wheel / Four beating wings , two beaks , a swirling mass tight grappling / In tumbling turning clustering loops , straight downward falling ' While the title more or less summarizes and dictates what the poem is about , its content is defined by descriptive details which doesn 't appear to make sense by itself , but together , effectively communicates the spirit of the poem It also affords its readers a view of what others would conveniently categorize as 'animal poetry ' of a seemingly unimportant and overlooked occurrence in nature which is translated in its incensed spirit and sublimity through words , and through Whitman 's poetry . It ultimately differs from most poems not only in its ability to portray incensed animals at 'play ' without sounding crude or malicious , but also because of its ability to effectively communicate an idea and sentiment by simply anchoring on verbs and adjectives on the act being done , as opposed to who is doing it

References

Whitman , Walt . The Dalliance of Eagles ' Retrieved 21 January 2008 from http /www .bartleby .com /142 /269 .html

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