A Bird Came Down The Walk

Question 1

He did not

Answer 1

know I saw -

Question 2

He bit

Answer 2

an Angleworm in halves

Question 3

And ate

Answer 3

the fellow, raw,

Question 4

And then he drank

Answer 4

a Dew / from a convenient Grass -

Question 5

And then hopped

Answer 5

sidewise to the Wall - To let a Beetle pass -

Question 6

He glanced with

Answer 6

rapid eyes / That hurried all around -

Question 7

They looked like

Answer 7

frightened Beads, I thought -

Question 8

He stirred

Answer 8

his Velvet Head

Question 9

Like one

Answer 9

in danger , Cautious ,

Question 10

, Cautious ,

Answer 10

I offered him a Crumb

Question 11

And he unrolled

Answer 11

his feathers

Question 12

And rowed

Answer 12

him softer home -

Question 13

Than

Answer 13

Oars divide the Ocean,

Question 14

Too

Answer 14

silver for a seam-

Question 15

Or

Answer 15

Butterflies, off Banks of Noon

Question 16

Leap,

Answer 16

plashless as they swim

Question 17

Stanza 1

Answer 17

A Bird came down the Walk—
He did not know I saw—
He bit an Angleworm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,

Question 18

Stanza 2

Answer 18

And then he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass—
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let a Beetle pass—

Question 19

Stanza 3

Answer 19

He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all around—
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought—
He stirred his Velvet Head

Question 20

Stanza 4

Answer 20

Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home—

Question 21

Final Stanza

Answer 21

Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam—
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon
Leap, plashless as they swim.

Question 22

A Bird

Answer 22

came down the Walk -