What Voice at Moth-Hour
What voice at moth-hour did I hear calling
As I stood in the orchard while the white
Petals of apple blossoms were falling,
Whiter than moth-wing in that twilight?
What voice did I hear as I stood by the stream,
Bemused in the murmurous wisdom there uttered,
While ripples at stone, in their steely gleam,
Caught last light before it was shuttered?
What voice did I hear as I wandered alone
In a premature night of cedar, beech, oak,
Each foot set soft, then still as stone
Standing to wait while the first owl spoke?
The voice that I heard once at dew-fall, I now
Can hear by a simple trick. If I close
My eyes, in that dusk I again know
The feel of damp grass between bare toes,
Can see the last zigzag, sky-skittering, high,
Of a bullbat, and even hear, far off, from
Swamp-cover, the whip-o-will, and as I
Once heard, hear the voice: It's late! Come home.
I have to write a commentary on this peom and I need help desperately!
2007-09-30 01:49:32 · 3 answers · asked by youlookingood 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
what is the main literay feature used and why?
Give me some examples of what you would do speific to this poem.
2007-09-30 01:51:57 · update #1
Do think personification could be a main literary feature???
2007-09-30 02:07:50 · update #2
abab rhyme scheme for one thing. Quite detailed imagery. "Remembering" -- "The voice that I heard once at dew-fall, I now
Can hear by a simple trick. If I close
My eyes, in that dusk I again know..."
2007-09-30 02:01:01 · answer #1 · answered by ReneDescartes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where did this poem come from, who wrote it? It's beautiful, that's what poetry should do. reach out and touch something inside. The poem asks what voice depending on your personal beliefs I would answer you this way. The voice of God. The voice of nature. The voice of love. The voice of self.
Please when you pick your best answer,( and I know mine don't really qualify) and can leave a comment, give the author's name, it would not surprise me if others would like to know also.
2007-09-30 05:46:43 · answer #2 · answered by WACVET75 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is easy to portray the event as mere fiction rather than true experience. The greatest thing about poetry is, it can be fictional or fact without showing it's true face.
a lot of metaphors used
2007-09-30 03:33:32 · answer #3 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋