Daybreak by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A speaking wind rises from the sea and travels inland, urging mariners, trees, birds, farm animals, cornfields and a bell to greet the morning. Crossing the churchyard, it sighs and tells the dead to remain at rest.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Genre: Nature Poetry, Personification · 198 words
First lines
A wind came up out of the sea, / And said, "O mists, make room for me."
It hailed the ships, and cried, "Sail on, / Ye mariners, the night is gone."
And hurried landward far away, / Crying, "Awake! it is the day."
It said unto the forest, "Shout! / Hang all your leafy banners out!"
Genres
- Nature Poetry — The wind addresses sea mist, trees, a bird and cornfields as morning approaches.
- Personification — The wind speaks, shouts, whispers and sighs as it calls on its surroundings to awaken.
Tags
dawn · wind · awakening · birds · churchyard · personification
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Nature Poetry, Personification
- Length: 198 words
- Structure: 1 section, 9 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Very Easy (5th Grade or below)
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