Read the Poem below and answer the question.
A Bird Came Down
A Bird, came down the Walk -
He did not know I saw
He bit an Angle Worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw,
And then, he drank a Dew
From a convenient Grass -
And then hopped sidewise to the Wall
To let Beetle pass -
He glanced with rapid eyes,
That hurried all abroad -
They looked like frightened Beads, I thought,
He stirred his Velvet Head -
Like one in danger, Cautious,
I offered him a Crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers,
And rowed him softer Home -
Than Oars divide the Ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or Butterflies, off Banks of Noon,
Leap, splashless as they swim.
How does the poet describe the eyes of the bird -
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → like frightened beads
The bird "glanced with rapid eyes, / That hurried all abroad", and the poet says: "They looked like frightened Beads, I thought". The image conveys eyes that are small, bright and restless with alarm.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: watery like dew — Incorrect. Wrong link: dew is something the bird drinks; it is not used to describe its eyes.
Option 2: like grass — Incorrect. Wrong link: the grass is where the bird drinks the dew ("a convenient Grass"), not a picture of its eyes.
Option 4: like butterflies — Incorrect. Wrong part of the passage: butterflies appear in the last stanza, to describe the bird's smooth flight, not its eyes.