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A Bird Come Down the Walk
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Study Questions

 
Numbers refer to Poem Numbers 
   
328. Notice the meter (rhythm) of this poem. Count the syllables (stressed and unstressed) in 
each line. Which line in each stanza is different? Which stanza in the poem is different 
from the others? 

   Now relate the structure to the meaning. What happens in the stanza that is structurally 
different? Does what the stanza describes indicate a change or development in the meaning of 
the poem? 

   How does the final stanza bring the poem to a new level? What metaphors does it use? What 
are "Banks of Noon"? 

   Study Dickinson's skillful and playful language. What pun is she making with the word "Grass" 
(stanza 2)? What does "Like one in danger, Cautious," modify (stanza 4)? What rhymes do you 
find? What near (or "slant") rhymes are there? What rhymes, alliterations, and phonetic 
correspondences does Dickinson make using words in the middle of lines in stanzas 2, 3, and 4?

   
 
   
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