Part one of term paper
In the piece by Updike describing his experience with the birds, the organization, syntax, figurative language all contribute to the readers concluding response. Updike uses syntax to add drama to the poem and to lead up to the bold ending. In the last stanza the first line only contains two words as opposed to all the other lines of any sta ...

Part two of term paper
... to illustrate the great difference between those two ideals: “As if out of the Bible or science fiction[.]” Updike intentionally does this to depict the vast difference between the two. The Bible is a religious book that millions read and tend to believe in. It is religious dogma which church officials expect one to believe as the truth. Science fiction is an eerie subject in which there is no proof and which many also believe. The two are very separated in their ideals because they both h ...