The Eagle terms

The Eagle by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
This six-lined poem contains quite a few poetry techniques. It has alliteration, for one: “…clasps the crag with crooked hands…” It also contains assonance: “…wrinkled sea beneath…” “And like a thunderbolt he falls” is a simile. Each stanza has end rhyme, and “Close to the sun in lonely lands” is a hyperbole. This is an excellent poem for reading and teaching a class. All the examples I listed are easy to find and the fact that it is a short poem most likely causes less grumbling from the class, especially if it is a class of high school students.