Question

Read "The Eagle” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ring’d with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls.

The rhyming words "hands” and "stands” emphasize

how high up the eagle is.

how alone the eagle is.

how old the eagle is.

how still the eagle is.

Answer 1

a) how high up the eagle is.

The rhyming words "hands" and "stands" suggest that the eagle is perched high up on the crag, close to the sun in lonely lands. This emphasizes the elevation and height of the eagle, highlighting its lofty position in the sky.