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4. Which line(s) from the poem tell(s) you that the Moon rules the night sky?

What a marvel of power am I!

Like a merry-mad clown,
He leaped and halloed with whistle and roar—

And shone With her one white eye,
On her throne Motionless, miles above the air,

In the sky alone,

B. Answer these questions.

1. List the reasons why the Wind wanted to blow out the Moon.

2. How did the Wind express its happiness and did that happiness last long? Give reasons
for your answer.

3. After reading the poem, do you think the Wind was able to blow out the Moon? Quote
the lines that tell you so.

4. What effect did the Wind’s actions have on the Moon?

5. In the poem, the poet describes the different phases of the Moon beautifully. Write the
lines that describe the chronology of the waxing and waning of the Moon.

6. When the Wind exclaims, ‘What a marvel of power am I!’, what aspect of his personality
does he reveal?

Reference to the context

Read these lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

‘But the Moon she knew nothing about the affair;
For high

In the sky,

With her one white eye,

Motionless, miles above the air,

She had never heard the great Wind blare.’

a. What ‘affair’ is being referred to in the above stanza?
i. the affair of the Wind blowing the Sun

ii. the affair of the Moon shining brightly in the sky

iii. the affair of the Wind blowing the Moon away

iv. the affair of the stars shining brightly in the sky

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