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Enigmatic Night Clouds

Explore Amy Lowell's captivating poem "Night Clouds," rich in poetic devices: rhythm, free verse, metaphor, assonance, consonance, imagery, and more, perfect for teaching students.

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Enigmatic Night Clouds

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  1. Night Clouds By Amy Lowell Publication information is unavailable Presented by Abby Paden and Ridge Snoddy

  2. Thesis • We recommend that this poem should be kept in this edition because it has several good poetic devices that can be taught to students.

  3. Rhythm Free Verse The white mares of the moon rush along the sky Beating their golden hoofs upon the glass heavens; The white mares of the moon are all standing on their hind legs Pawing at the green porcelain doors of the remote heavens

  4. Rhyme Scheme • The white mares of the moon rush along the sky – (A) • Beating their golden hoofs upon the glass heavens; - (B) • The white mares of the moon are all standing on their hind legs – (C) • Pawing at the green porcelain doors of the remote heavens – (B) This poem does not have a Rhyme Scheme

  5. Parallelism • Parallelism emphasizes the items that are arranged in similar structures as used in lines 1 and 3 Line 1 - The white mares of the moon rush along the sky Line 3 - The white mares of the moon are all standing on their hind legs

  6. Metaphor • Lowell uses this poetic device to compare the white mares of the moon to the night clouds in lines (1) and (3). The white mares of the moon rush along the sky - (1) The white mares of the moon are all standing on their hind legs - (3) • She also uses it to compare the sun to a tiger in line (8).

  7. Assonance • Used in lines (6), and (7) the short “u” sound. • Strain your utmost (6) • Scatter the milky dust of stars (7) • Also used in line (9), with the short “i” sound. • With one lick of his vermillion tongue (9)

  8. Consonance • This poetic device is important in this poem, it is used through lines (2) and (4), with the “s” and the “n” sounds. • Beating their golden hoofs upon the glass heavens (2) • Pawing at the green porcelain doors of the remote heavens (4)

  9. Imagery • Lowell uses sight and sound as imagery in this poem. • The white mares of the moon rush along the sky – (sight), line (1) • Beating their golden hoofs upon the glass heavens – (sight & sound), line (2) • Scatter the milky dust of the stars, - (sight), line (7)

  10. Apostrophe • An apostrophe is when someone addresses something that is not really there. • It is used in this poem in lines (5) and (6). Fly, Mares! - (5) Strain your utmost - (6)

  11. This poem should be kept in the new edition because it has a extended variety of literary elements and poetic devices that can be taught to students. Rhythm Rhyme Scheme Parallelism Metaphor Assonance Consonance Imagery Apostrophe Night Clouds

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