Ode to enchanted light by Pablo Neruda
Under the trees light
has dropped from the top of the sky,
light
like a green
latticework of branches,
shining
on every leaf,
drifting down like clean
white sand.
A cicada sends
its sawing song
high into the empty air.
The world
is a glass overflowing
with water.
Questions:
1. Infer What feelings are suggested in lines 1-9 of this poem? How does the poet suggest those feelings?
2. Analyze A cicada is an insect that makes a high-pitched, continual sound, usually in summer. Reread lines 10-12. What repeated first sounds, or alliteration, do you hear, and how are the sounds connected to the poem’s meaning?
3. Analyze and Evaluate Does this poem meet the requirements of an ode? Why or why not?