Nature is exquisitely beautiful, but it also has a dark side to it. In "A Bird Came Down the Walk--", depicts a bird biting "an Angleworm in halves/ And ate the fellow, raw" and "drank the Dew." In "I Dreaded that First Robin So," depicts a "Robin" "Woods," "Daffodils," "Grass," "Blossom," and "Bees." Both poems begin with a bird and pain imagery; "bit an Angleworm," in "A Bird Came Down the Walk--", and "He hurts a little, though--" in "I Dreaded that First Robin So,". In "A Bird Came Down the Walk--", the final stanza achieves a beautiful image of a butterfly rowing its wings threw the sky, as if it were swimming without splashes. Dickinson creates a naturalistic and wonderful feel toward nature. In "I Dreaded that First Robin So," in the final s

Dickinson manipulates the tone in both poems. In "A Bird Came Down the Walk--", the speaker achieves an objective point of view throughout the first three stanzas. The descriptions are clear, "A Bird came down the Walk--" through "To let a Beetle pass--". Again, more of objective tone, "He glance with rapid eyes" through "He stirred his Velvet Head". In "I Dreaded that First Robin So," it is different. The tone starts off "I dreaded that first Robin, so" as a fearful imagery of the robin. Also a painful tone in the last line of the first stanza, "He hurts a little, though--". In "A Bird came down the Walk--", a change of tone from the transition to third and fourth stanza "... He stirred his Velvet Head/ Like one in danger, Cautious,". In "I Dreaded that First Robin So," the tone magnifies more with resentment (because of the pain) in the fifth stanza, "I could not bear the Bees should come, / I wished they'd stay away/ In those dim countries where they go," A clear evidence of the tone increased is the capitalization of "Bees." This affects the speaker, deeply, and shows it through her

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