o is very much alive. He is surrounded by old people who are crippled or cannot walk, The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls. He watches the outside world from inside of his room, mountain walls. Then he dies, like a thunderbolt falls. It is obvious that this poems deeper persona is of an elderly person clutching to life but enjoying the time that he has and then perishing. Hold onto the time that you have as long as you have.There are some words in the poem that can be confusing to the reader. If you dont understand the meaning of crag (a steep rugged rock rising above others) or azure (the deep blue color of the unclouded sky), this poem might be confusing. Tennyson uses these words along with alliteration, clasps, crag, crooked, close and a lot of symbolism in order to create more depth to the poem and to get his point across to the reader. Perhaps the most important symbols in the poem are crag and also the phrase he falls. Crag symbolizes life. He is holding onto life. He falls symbolizes dying. This Eagle is a very inspiring piece. On its outer skin it describes an eagle, the symbol of America, freedom. Although it is a poem from Britain, it could very easily have roots in America. Feeling very strongly about America and the freedom that it provides, The Eagle is perhaps the best definition of life living in a free country. You live free and as long as you hold on to life in your later years you are free and the moment you are dying, you die free. ...
