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The Evening Star

The Evening Star. The Evening Star. By Chinmayee Sakhare James Prince Jerry Chen. The Poem. 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,

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The Evening Star

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  1. The Evening Star The Evening Star By ChinmayeeSakhare James Prince Jerry Chen

  2. The Poem 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.

  3. Figurative language and imagery • Planets-slaves=metaphor • On her cold smile=personification • As a shroud, A fleecy cloud=simile • EA Poe repeats cold, light, and night. • EA Poe calling it a proud evening star is personification because pride is a human emotion.

  4. Sound and Form • Sound - There is rhythm in the poem. There are pauses after every comma, which creates the rhythm of the poem. This poem is not free verse because it has a rhyme scheme. • Form -  All letters are capitalized in the beginning of each line. There are commas and semicolons at the end of every line. The rhyme scheme is abcb for the first eight lines. Then, for the the next fifteen lines, the form is aabcc.

  5. Theme and Deeper Meaning • I Think that the evening star is a metaphor for a goal in life. A goal that has been set extremely high. The moon then would represent you and how far you are able to reach. The theme is that goals can motivate you but there will always be something else to achieve.

  6. Poet Background and Connection to Poem • Edgar Allan Poe was famous for his dark tales; His poems are usually narrative, his most famous poem is probably The Raven. He was very descriptive when writing. His imagery and figurative language made his poems great. I think that his connection to this poem is that he had set goal that he would never reach.

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