Emily Dickinson’s “A Bird Came Down the Walk--” and “I Dreaded that First Robin So,” compare and contrast in a number of significant ways. Both works incorporate the theme of nature, juxtaposed with pain imagery. A strong tone in both poems helps to carry out the speaker’s message. The figurative language helps support the theme of nature. Nature is exquisitely beautiful, but it also has a dark side to it. In “A Bird …showed first 75 words of 734 total…

…showed last 75 words of 734 total…using metaphors in both poems. Emily Dickinson’s “A Bird Came Down the Walk--” and “I Dreaded that First Robin So,” are different and similar in many ways. Both poems dominate the theme of nature and its beauty along with pain imagery. Emily Dickinson uses tone to influence the theme of nature. Figurative language uses itself as a tool to beautify and simplify the complexity of nature. Emily Dickinson’s wonderful writing style beautifies nature.