To The Night

Question 1

Style and Structure

Answer 1

• Lyrical in nature - set to music
• Attention drawn to shorter lines in stanzas
• Third stanza modulates rhythm of the poem to prevent it from becoming frenzied
• Repetition used sparingly at first but increases

Question 2

Figures of Speech

Answer 2

• Personification - poem directly addresses the night
• Day is personified in 2 + 3
• Apostrophe - Addressing abstract objects as if they were animate

Question 3

Night

Answer 3

• Could be a metaphor for the speaker’s lover whom he can only meet with at night
• Power lies in the juxtaposition of night and day (west vs east)
• 3- contrasting descriptions of Night and Day. Night is positive while Day is negative