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What does it mean?
Night is personified as a powerful goddess ruling over a sleeping world with dark majesty.
In plain terms
Night is described as a queen ruling a sleeping world.
What can you take from it?
Use personification to describe natural forces as powerful beings.

Where it applies

  • poetry analysis
  • descriptive writing
  • thematic study

Putting it to work

  • analyze personification
  • write descriptively
  • study themes

Questions to consider

  • How does personification change tone?
  • What is the mood of night here?

Another view

This personification relies on traditional mythological tropes.

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