a prompt—executive bird is the jay

by emily dickinson

a prompt—executive bird is the jay—

bold as a bailiff's1 hymn—

brittle and brief in quality—

warrant2 in every line—

sitting a bough3 like a brigadier4

confident and straight—

much is the mien5 of him in march

as a magistrate6—

legal officer

legal action

branch of a tree

army officer (british)

appearance

judge

i heard a bird sing

by oliver herford

i heard a bird sing

in the dark of december.

a magical thing

and sweet to remember.

"we are nearer to spring

than we were in september,”

i heard a bird sing

in the dark of december.

read both poems.

what literary device is used throughout the poems?

alliteration

hyperbole

pun

metaphor