Poetry Help????? What soudn devices does Bauldaire use and to what effect?...

[Gilbert]

...N e Ex. of allusion? Wat R they? Often to pass the time on board, the crew
will catch an albatross, one of those big birds
which nonchalently chaperone a ship
across the bitter fathoms of the sea.

Tied to the deck, this sovereign of space,
as if embarrassed by its clumsiness,
pitiably lets its great white wings
drag at its sides like a pair of unshipped oars.

How weak and awkward, even comical
this traveller but lately so adoit -
one deckhand sticks a pipestem in its beak,
another mocks the cripple that once flew!

The Poet is like this monarch of the clouds
riding the storm above the marksman's range;
exiled on the ground, hooted and jeered,
he cannot walk because of his great wings.


I hate poetry b/c i dont understand but i need help with these questions:
What is the tone and mood of the poem? What does bird symbolize and what is the significance of color? Usin ex. of simile, metaphor and imagery how does Baudelaire employ them and to what effect? How does he appeal to the senses and emotions?