Linguistic Specific textual examples of what youve observed when reading at this levelcited in MLA format.

(You may use numbers or bullets here to take notes) The deathless stars are bright above; If I would cross the shade of night, Within my heart is the lamp of love, And that is day! (1215) But if the whirlwinds of darkness waken Hail, and lightning, and stormy rain; See, the bounds of the air are shaken Night is coming! (2225)

Semantic I see the light, and I hear the sound (32) Night is coming! The red swift clouds of the hurricane Yon declining sun have overtaken (25-27) He finds night day. And a silver shape like his early love doth pass (56-57)

Structural Look from thy dull earth, slumber-bound, My moon-like flight thou then mayst mark On high, far away (3739) And that the languid storm pursuing That winged shape, for ever flies Round those hoar branches, aye renewing (44-47)

Cultural Its aery fountains. Some say when nights are dry and clear, And the death-dews sleep on the morass, Sweet whispers are heard by the traveller, Which make night day: And a silver shape like his early love doth pass Upborne by her wild and glittering hair, And when he awakes on the fragrant grass, He finds night day (4856)

Demonstrate the development of complexity of thought at each level by writing a descriptive response to what youve written in the row above. (Analyze your thought patterns when observing the examples youve listed abovethese may also be in note-taking form)

Uses metaphors of night day and sunrise to depict the contrast of fear and love (i.e. love will be overcome by fear just as night overcomes day). Conversation between two spirits separates the two tones of anxiety and exaltation (fear and fearlessness) between two lovers.

The first spirit fears the oncoming night, while the second spirit is joyous of the love during the day. These descriptions and tones separate each spirit from the other, causing there to be a thematic conflict of whether or not love should overcome the fear or loss and failure. At the end of the poem, there is ultimately hope as the spirit finds day once more. However, there is hesitance shown as the last line ends with the coldness of the lovers passing.

Shelley utilizes very descriptive language and imagery (e.g. utilization of many adjectives in order to produce certain atmospheres with each ghost). These sentences are then prolonged in stanzas of description. By using only dark, gloomy imagery of the night for the first spirit, and only passionate, fearless language for the second spirit, contrast is seen. The lasting scene is then emphasized as the stanza ends in the cold mountains, where, although it is daytime, the lovers are passed.

The two spirits are indicated as previous lovers, when alive. The first spirit fears for night, as it infers that night will cause his love to be gone. However, the second spirit longs for the day, where love is present, and ignores the fear of night. The scene ends in the cold, Alpine mountains where the first love sees the day, but finds later that his early love doth pass where his love, the second spirit, has passed on.