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

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?

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