Night
By William Blake
(1757-1827),A famous English artist and poet wrote Songs of Innocence: a
poetry collection written from the child’s point of view
The first
stanza
The evening star does shine;
The birds are silent in their nest,
And
I must seek for mine.
Descending : going down
Seek
: look
for
Figures:-
Metaphor : - And I must
seek for mine
Alliteration: - must
– mine
The
second stanza
The moon, like a flower
In heaven's high bower,
With silent delight,
Sits and smiles on the night.
heaven: - sky
delight: - happy
bower : - An arbour (like a garden)
Answer the following Questions:
From “Night”:
The moon, like a flower,
In heaven’s high bower,
With silent’s delight
Sits and smiles on the night.
1- Pick out the
figures of speech included in these lines.
*Simile:
· Line one: “the
moon like the flower”
à The moon is compared to a flower.
*Personification:
· Line four:
“sits and smiles on the night”.
à The moon is
personified as a person who sits and smiles.
_______________
*Alliteration:
· Line four:
“sits, smiles”
à Repetition of sound s gives internal music.
*Rhyme Scheme:
ab ab cc dd
The sun descending in the west,
The evening
star does shine,
The birds are
silent in their nests,
And I must seek for mine.
· Descending: going down.
· Bower: a small shelter often in a garden.
· Seek: look for
3- What is the idea of the above
lines?
The poet
begins by giving description of the coming night. The sun is still going down
and the first star, of the evening, becomes visible in the evening sky. The
birds which always sang during the day are quiet in their nests. The poet also
knows that’s time to go home which is his “nest’’.
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