Need help asap! - full moon by Robert Hayden No longer throne of a goddess to wh

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Need help asap! - full moon by Robert Hayden

No longer throne of a goddess to whom we pray,
no longer the bubble house of childhood's
tumbling Mother Goose man,

The emphatic moon ascends--
the brilliant challenger of rocket experts,
the white hope of communications men.

Some I love who are dead
were watchers of the moon and knew its lore;
planted seeds, trimmed their hair,

Pierced their ears for gold hoop earrings
as it waxed or waned.
It shines tonight upon their graves.

And burned in the garden of Gethsemane,
its light made holy by the dazzling tears
with which it mingled.

And spread its radiance on the exile's path
of Him who was The Glorious One,
its light made holy by His holiness.

Already a mooted goal and tomorrow perhaps
an arms base, a livid sector,
the full moon dominates the dark.

Questions about poem
1.What do you find intriguing about it,what's the most interesting elements of the poem

2. which one (or more)of the four modes of poetry analysis---aural,visual, symbolic or thematic-- can be said to drive the poem and why you believe that is.

Explanation / Answer

1.
He is speaking about how our feel of the moon, how the meaning of the moon for humans has changed over time.
The full moon has been a regular in human history, proper? Every body who has ever lived has noticeable it, concept anything about it.
Within the a ways mythic prior, it was once noticeable as a goddess (line 1) or the man within the Moon from fairy tales.
Farmers learn the climate -- instances to plant, occasions to reap -- from the moon. So the moon was once essential to the very rhythms of their lives. And that elevated (in a superstitious approach) to different features of their lives -- reducing their hair, piercing their ears.
But now the moon is only a vacation spot for rocket ships.
Hayden's a bit of gloomy about that.
He finishes with that whole Gethsemane factor -- (Gethsemane was the name of the mountain where Jesus Christ was once crucified) -- remarking that the moon mingled its light with the tears of Christ --
but now it can be been reduced to only a used-up goal (seeing that we already reached the moon) and a viable, one-day navy base ...
... So it is shifted from a source of sunshine to a competencies source of darkness ...
Something like that ...
... Blah blah blah, the old timey days were fine and the new-fangled days are ... Blah blah blah ... The past is beautiful pretty, the gift is ugly-pugly. When i have my mind downloaded into a cyborg, Robert Hayden is the primary character i'll kill.

2.
On this poem Robert is speakme about how our feel of the moon, how the meaning of the moon for humans has transformed over time. The full moon has been a consistent in human history, every body who has ever lived has noticeable it, proposal whatever about it. In the some distance mythic past, it was once visible as a goddess (line 1) or the person within the Moon from fairy tales. Farmers read the weather -- times to plant, times to harvest -- from the moon. So the moon was primary to the very rhythms of their lives. And that accelerated (in a superstitious way) to different points of their lives -- reducing their hair, piercing their ears and many others. But now the moon is just a destination for rocket ships. Hayden's a bit of gloomy about that. Hayden thinks that the moon has been lowered to only a used-up goal (because we already reached the moon) and a possible, one-day military base, so it is shifted from a source of sunshine to a skills supply of darkness.

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