The poem begins by describing a dove, but assigns the title lion to the creature. Next, a lion is described and assigned the title of Dove. Eve goes on to say that she believes that man, in this case Adam, never really knew animals. She claims that instead of focusing on the sound of the word or how one feels saying it, Adam he lined up words according to size and somewhat arbitrarily assigned names.

In lines 12 to 14, Eve expresses that Adam assigned a name to

This poem reflects Eve's openness to change and separation, while expressing Adam's animosity towards it. Eve is more flexible in naming and bases it upon the sound of words and how it feels to say them On the other hand Adam uses length of a word to dictate the assignment of a creature to a title.

Lines 26 to 29 say that Eve was a palomino, a raven, and a fox all at the same time. This seems to symbolize that she has many personalities and really leads us to a main conclusion. Eve likes change and variation and has personality that reflects this.

In the next stanza Eve says, "poor finch. I suppose I was woe to him-the way he'd come looking for me, not wanting either of us to ever be alone." A Finch must be symbol for Adam and Eve must have disappointed him. Maybe her need to be alone disappointed Adam. He did not like the fact that she left him sleeping in the morning and got away. It seems like the name Adam gave her was ineffective at alwayslinking

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Approximate Word count = 656
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)