City night skygives itself to me againwhen I have so little left to receive it.I am dark, crumblingand you are rivers and trees awaysearching your own night sky for a sign.The strong gates of your heartare wide open to me always, but,if only.So I wait, as seasons before, decades before,fathers and mothers before me still insidewatch and listen.Suddenly,bamboo, bones, fiber, fences,water, glistening koi,*

all the tiny rooms,paths and places I hold your memoriesrelaxin audible, reverent wonderat the fullness formingon this horizon’s edge.

*koi: colorful fish that symbolize love and friendship

In Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how the theme is developed throughout the poem. Use evidence to support your response.

You are limited to 4 lines! There is NO space for summaries!!

◦ 1st sentence/line~ address/answer the question specifically (thesis statement)

◦ 2nd sentence/line~ a quote or paraphrase from the text that specifically supports your first sentence.

◦ 3rd sentence/line~ your analysis, explanation, elaboration or connection of 2nd and 1st sentence.

◦ 4th sentence/line~ Closing statement, inference, or significance.

QuestionIn Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how

the theme is developed throughout the poem.

Answer◦ In Moonrise, the theme love is complicated

develops through the changing mood.

QuestionIn Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how the

theme is developed throughout the poem. Answer:

◦ When the speaker says, “…you are rivers and trees away…” she implies that separation has complicated their relationship creating a mournful mood, but there is a shift in the mood beginning in line 13.

QuestionIn Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how the

theme is developed throughout the poem.

Answer The dual mood shows how love can have its ups

and downs and is complicated.

QuestionIn Moonrise, identify a theme and explain how the

theme is developed throughout the poem.

Answer The changing mood implies that love is capable of

lows and highs, illustrating its complicated nature.

In Moonrise, the theme love is complicated develops through the changing mood. When the speaker says, “…you are rivers and trees away…” she implies that separation has complicated their relationship creating a mournful mood, but there is a shift in the mood beginning in line 13. The dual mood shows how love can have its ups and downs and is complicated. The changing mood implies that love is capable of lows and highs, illustrating its complicated nature.

FINAL THOUGHT!

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