Comprehension Passage
Read the poem carefully and answer the questions
He clasps the crag with crooked hands;
Close to the sun in lonely lands,
Ringed with azure world he stands
The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;
He watches from his mountain walls,
And like a thunderbolt he falls
Given the tone of the poem, and noting especially the last line, what is the eagle most likely doing in the poem?
1
Dying of old age
2
Hunting prey
3
Learning joyfully to fly
4
Keeping watch over a nest of young eagles