The Moon- a poem

 --inspired by Mirror by Sylvia Plath

I am circular and imperfect.

 

Watching over the deafening silence of the night, I see all.

 

I am the light in the darkness,

 

the eye of the night.

 

I am like the sun

 

stuck in a continuous cycle of day and night.

 

I am everlasting and immortal,

 

nothing can stop my appearance.

 

I am like a lamp

 

illuminating the night sky.

 

I am revered

 

by wolves, witches, and magic.

 

I am part of the mystery,

 

the mystery of life.   

 

It is bitter sweet to watch me leave.

 

 

Lines 11 and 12 are an allusion. Stereotypically witches are depicted as flying on a broomstick, under the moonlit sky and their magic is also typically done at night. Wolves are also associated the moon, because they are often found in pictures howling at the moon.   

 

Lines 9 and 10 are a simile. I compared the moon to a lamp, because lamps only give off so much light, much like the moon.

 

Line 2 is personification. The moon can not see, but I gave it the ability of sight. I used this to help better describe the immortal feel of the moon.

 

Line 6 is diction. I used the word 'stuck' to show the continuous nature and predictability of the moon. It goes through the same cycle every day, rising and falling. It also goes through the same cycle of moon phases every month. Line 11 is also diction. I used the word 'revered' to show the importance of the moon on stereotypical ideas involving the supernatural and with wolves.

 

I used anaphora to start my next idea and description. Every other line, I repeated the words 'I am' to further describe the moon and to keep the poem congruent and organized.

 

Lines 2 and 15 both have an oxymoron. With line 15, I wanted to describe how people feel when the night is over, but the day is just beginning. I feel like the words 'bitter sweet' communicate the right feeling that I wanted. In line 2, I used 'deafening silence' as again more description of the night.  

 

 I use several metaphors and line 4 is an example. I call the moon the 'eye of the night.' In line 2, I wrote that the moon can see and that it watches everything that happens. This metaphor just extends on line 2.