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Night POEM

POETRY

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* Who is the poet who wrote “Night”?

It is William Blake.
* What do you know about the poet, William Blake?
He didn’t go to school but worked as an apprentice.
His theory of imagination, “the real and eternal worlds” are obvious in his work.

The sun descending in the west


The evening star does shine
The birds are silent in their nests
And I must seek for mine
The moon like a flower
In heaven's high bower
With silent delight
Sits and smiles on the night

descending going down


seek look for
bower shady place under the tree
delight great pleasure

* The poet talks about the night.


* The sun is going down in the west.
* The birds are silent in their nests.
* The poet must go to his own home.
* The moon looks like a flower.
* The moon is sitting silently and smiling at night.

1. Personification : Sits and smiles on the night.


* The poet personifies the moon as a person who sits and smiles on the night.

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2. Metaphor : I must seek for mine.
* The poet describes his home as a bird's nest.
3. Simile The moon like a flower.
* The poet says that the moon looks like a flower in a garden.
4. Alliteration
* The letter (m) is repeated in (must) and (mine).
* The letter (s) is repeated in (sits) and (smiles).
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1. What is the main idea of the poem (Night)?


The poet speaks about the night and its beauty.
2. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
It is: AB AB CC DD.
3. Why does the poet use the letter (s)?
The poet uses the letter "s" to imply the softness, quietness and silence of the night: silent, seek,
sits, smile. .
4. What does the poem consist of?
It consists of two stanzas. .
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1. The sun descending in the west


The evening star does shine
The birds are silent in their nests
And I must seek for mine
a. What does mine refer to?
b. Paraphrase the above stanza.
c. What's the main idea of the poem?
d. What's the name of the poet?
e. What does (descending) mean?
2. The moon like a flower
In heaven's high bower
With silent delight
Sits and smiles on the night
a. What 's the figure of speech in "The moon like a flower"?
b. Paraphrase the above lines.
c. What is the alliteration? What effect does it ha ve?
d. How does the poet describes the moon?

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