Day break
How does Longfellow personify the wind in the poem Day break?
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Describe the activities of the wind.
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Write the central theme of the poem ” Day break “
Personification is a figure of speech where non living objects are given human qualities.
In the poem, Longfellow personifies the wind and presents it as the messenger of a hopeful morning trough communicative words with different objects of nature.
Arising from the sea,it requests the mists to make room for it for blowing. Then the wind hails the ships ans asks their mariners to sail on. After that it goes to the forest and impels to hang out its leafy banners as the sign of winning over the evil night. The wind also touches the folded wings of the wood birds and urges to sing song to welcome a promising morning.when it blows over the farm, it commands the chanticleer to blow its clarion to wake people up as the day is near.Next, it shouts to the belfry to proclaim the hour. But, when it passes through the churchyard, it sighs and says to the deads to lie quietly as the time of their awakening has not come.
Thus, the wind, speaking like an human being, asks various objects to welcome a new morning which is full of hope and possibilities.
2)……………,. with a sigh”
Who crossed the churchyard? Why did he sigh?What did the wind ask while crossing the churchyard? Why did it say so?
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Explain the meaning of the line?
Ans:The wind which comes out of the sea, crossed the churchyard in the poem.
The wind sighed for the deads who are burried in the cemetery.
When the wind crossed the churchyard, it sighed and told the deads to lie quietly in their eternal sleep.
When the wind crossed the churchyard, it sighed and told the deads to lie quietly because the time of their awakening had not come. They shoud lie in eternal sleep in the darkness of their graves.This words of the wind indicates the christian belief that the deads will rise at the end of time on judgement day.
