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Walter de la Mare
About Walter de la Mare
Walter de la Mare (1873 - 1956) was an English poet, short-story writer and novelist. He is best remembered for his works for children and his poem 'The Listeners. He possessed a child-like richness of imagination which influenced all his writings.
Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a dog;
From their shadowy cote the white breasts peep
Of doves in silver feathered sleep
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws, and silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.
Available Answers
- 1.
How does the speaker describe the movement of the moon?
- 2.
What is the effect of the moon's silvery light on the following:
- the dog
- the doves
- the mouse
- 3.
How does the moonlight affect the fruit trees and the houses?
- 4.
...she peers, and sees/Silver fruit upon silver trees
- Who does she refer to?
- Why are the trees and fruits silver?
- Which figure of speech has been used to describe the scene?
- 5.
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.- What is gleaming-the fish or the stream?
- Are the fish still or is the water in the stream still?
- How and why do they gleam?
- 6.
Circle the words that are alliterative in the given sentences.
- Jane read a book in the blinding, bright light.
- Einstein was blessed with a beautiful brain.
- Please change the channel.
- Mary cooked cupcakes in the kitchen.
- I woke up dreaming of drowning in my pool.
- I forgot my phone at home, but I feel free.
- The horses have heavy hooves.
- The lion licked his lips.
- A paper plane passed over my head.
- The red roses were wrapped in ribbons.
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