What's New Directions: Read and understand the poem carefully in order to answer the guide questions. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper. Guide Questions: LIFE AT NIGHT by: Jaypee Kadalem Balera When I was in the dark Light is dimmed with less spark I feel you have me your mark Seeing you and me are not apart Shadows in the night When I see you above, why you are so bright? You lead me like you are my light Your always perfect at my sight They say you're a strange blood moon Your color is red and be back soon You always light even my dark room Make my surroundings at night bloom 'S You are really an amazing phenomenon Witnessing your beauty that is in gloom When you move into the Earth's shadow You make yourself always in glow DV S 1. What is the characteristic of light as it is presented in first stanza? 2. What is the position of the light as presented in second stanza? 3. What astronomical objects presented in third stanza? 4. What is the color of the astronomical objects in third stanza? 5. What is the astronomical object that produces the shadow in fourth stanza? 6. What time did the astronomical phenomenon happen according to the poem?
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2. In the second stanza, the light is presented as above and leading the speaker like their own light.
3. The astronomical object presented in the third stanza is the blood moon.
4. The color of the astronomical object in the third stanza is red.
5. The astronomical object that produces the shadow in the fourth stanza is not specified.
6. The time of the astronomical phenomenon is not specified in the poem.
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