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Stars By Laura Lush. By Sephy Vandekamp. Stars. The stars appear one by one like small songs, like small terrors rattling bright in their cages. The moon so skin. Pale rice paper awash in blood. The wolf— a brilliant blue flame through the trees.
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Stars By Laura Lush By Sephy Vandekamp
Stars The stars appear one by onelike small songs,like small terrorsrattling bright in their cages.The moon so skin.Pale rice paperawash in blood.The wolf—a brilliant blue flamethrough the trees. The theme of this poem explores the beauty of the night sky, the stars and the moon.
Paraphrases Lines 1 – 4 The stars appear one by onelike small songs,like small terrors rattling bright in their cages. Meaning You see one star in the sky at a time They are beautiful and bright But also frightening
Paraphrases Lines 5- 7 The moon so skin.Pale rice paperawash in blood. Meaning The moon is red like flushed skin opaque yet thin like rice paper
Paraphrases Lines 8-10 The wolf—a brilliant blue flamethrough the trees. Meaning The wolf is warm blooded like a flame Running through the trees
Poetic Devices Simile: like small songs,like small terrors Metaphor : The wolf—a brilliant blue flame Personification: rattling bright in their cages.