To the Moon by Percy Bysshe Shelley
The speaker asks whether the moon is pale from weariness as it crosses heaven, gazes on earth and wanders alone among the stars, comparing its changes to a joyless eye. A second brief stanza addresses it as the chosen sister of the Spirit.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley · Genre: Lyric Poetry, Nature Poetry · 99 words
First lines
1.
Art thou pale for weariness / Of climbing heaven and gazing on the earth, / Wandering companionless / Among the stars that have a different birth,- / And ever changing, like a joyless eye / That finds no object worth its constancy?
2.
Thou chosen sister of the Spirit, / That grazes on thee till in thee it pities...
Genres
- Lyric Poetry — The brief verse addresses the moon directly through a question about weariness, solitude and joylessness.
- Nature Poetry — The moon's pallor, movement through heaven and changing appearance provide the substance of the speaker's question.
Tags
moon · stars · loneliness · weariness · personification
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Lyric Poetry, Nature Poetry
- Length: 99 words
- Structure: 1 section, 4 paragraphs
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