The Waning Moon by Percy Bysshe Shelley
The moon rises as a white, shapeless mass in the murky east, compared to a pale, dying lady tottering from her chamber in a gauzy veil, led by her fading mind’s confused wanderings.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley · Genre: Nature Poetry, Descriptive Poetry · 66 words
First lines
And like a dying lady, lean and pale, / Who totters forth, wrapped in a gauzy veil, / Out of her chamber, led by the insane / And feeble wanderings of her fading brain, / The moon arose up in the murky East, / A white and shapeless mass-
Genres
- Nature Poetry — The verse describes the moon’s rising, its pallor and its indistinct shape against the murky eastern sky.
- Descriptive Poetry — An extended comparison to a dying, veiled lady conveys the rising moon’s appearance.
Tags
moon · night sky · mortality · simile
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Nature Poetry, Descriptive Poetry
- Length: 66 words
- Structure: 1 section, 1 paragraphs
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