Thursday, March 13, 2008

Evening Star

Evening Star

'Twas noontide of summer, And mid-time of night; And stars, in their orbits, Shone pale, thro' the light Of the brighter, cold moon,'Mid planets her slaves,Herself in the Heavens,Her beam on the waves. I gazed awhile On her cold smile; Too cold- too cold for me- There pass'd, as a shroud, A fleecy cloud, And I turned away to thee, Proud Evening Star, In thy glory afar, And dearer thy beam shall be; For joy to my heart Is the proud part Thou bearest in Heaven at night, And more I admire Thy distant fire, Than that colder, lowly light.

-Edgar Allan Poe

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1. i chose this poem becasue i LOVE the stars. i found this poem very interesting because i like the way the author talks about the stars in his poem.
2. the title for this poem is called Evening Star, i feel like this is pritty self explanatory. in the poem he talks about his aderation for the evening star compaied to the moon.
3. in the begginging of the poem the author uses consonance with the letter t in the sirst few lines. then he uses personafacation and has talkes about the moons smile. i htink that these help influence the poem because in the begining it helps the flow of the poem and sets it off wiht a nice tone and setting. them moves onto beging able to relate to the factors in the poem that you wouldnt ushually be able to relate to because there non human. the style he uses i think really helps the readers imagery through the poem.
4. the tone of this peace i think is peaceful. he talkes about how the moon is so gorgeouse and how is has all the power but is no were as pritty the lonaly star is compaired to the moon.

1 comment:

gabby said...

i also love the stars. when i can't sleep or when i get up in the middle of the night i look out my window and watch them. there so amazing and i feel like there the only actually perfect thing i know of. i also like watching the clouds roll by. i think about clouds a lot and i also really like them. i wish i could live on one. anyways, i love the sky a whole ton and everything in it. just thought i'd let you know :]








p.s. i liked the comment you left me a long time ago. it made me laugh, i just forgot to tell you.