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What does the word stands suggest about the eagle in the poem?

The Eagle

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson


He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ringed with the azure world, he stands.

The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls;

He watches from his mountain walls,

And like a thunderbolt he falls.


A. He is powerful.

B. He is impatient.

C. He is quick.

D. He is sad.

E. He is thoughtful.