Friday, April 29, 2022

"The Sun Has Long Been Set" by William Wordsworth

 

The Sun Has Long Been Set


The sun has long been set,

The stars are out by twos and threes,

The little birds are piping yet

Among the bushes and the trees;

There's a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes,

And a far-off wind that rushes,

And a sound of water that gushes,

And the cuckoo's sovereign cry

Fills all the hollow of the sky.

Who would go `parading'

In London, `and masquerading',

On such a night of June

With that beautiful soft half-moon,

And all these innocent blisses?

On such a night as this is!


Enjoy the poem with beautiful music.


poem video👇 

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Who wrote the poem "The Sun Has Long Been Set"?


William Wordsworth  (April 7, 1770 – April 23, 1850)

William Wordsworth was an English poet who pioneered the Romantic Movement with his close friend and fellow poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He famously defined poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.” Using the ordinary language “really used by men,” he wrote beautiful poetry with sweet imagery, often based around the natural world. He suffered from depression, which was reflected in somber undertones in his poems. He was the Poet Laureate for Queen Victoria from 1843 until his death from pleurisy in 1850.



"The Sun Has Long Been Set" explanation


In the poem, the speaker describes various sounds and scenic views in the clear night of June and cherishes serene beauty of nature.

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