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Bed in Summer
Bed in Summer
Bed in summer
Stanza (1)
Figures of Speech
Contrasts:
Winter X summer
get up X go to bed
night X day
Rhyme Scheme: a a b b.
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Stanza (2)
Figures of Speech
Rhyme Scheme: c c d d
Stanza (3)
Paraphrase
In this stanza, the poet says it's unfair to have to go to bed early when the sky is clear
and blue and everything around him is so beautiful instead of playing and having fun.
Figures of Speech
Alliteration:
"to have to go to bed by day? "
/t/ is repeated three times in this line.
Rhyme Scheme: e e f f
In this poem,
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the poet is complaining here about having to get up early in winter when it is still
dark and having to go to bed early in summer instead of enjoying the beautiful
weather.