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This is a poem describing the experience of watching fairies dance and Gnomes and Pixies prance under the moonlight. The speaker and their sister witnessed this magical event at the fairy glen, and saw the fairies leave behind a Fairy Ring, a circle of toadstools, where they danced. The poem concludes with the fairies flying away as the clock strikes three in the morning.

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A summer's night in a fairy glen, where fairies, gnomes, and pixies come out to dance and prance under the moonlight.

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Fairies, gnomes, pixies: flat character
Speaker & their sisters May: Flat

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The exposition of the poem sets the scene by introducing the idea of fairies, gnomes, and pixies dancing on a summer's night. The poem's opening lines invite readers to imagine this magical scene and to feel the sense of wonder it can evoke. The exposition also introduces the speaker and their sister May as they venture out to witness this event. The fairy glen and the moon hanging above are also established, providing more context for the magical setting.

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The poem does not have a traditional climax but instead describes the magical experience of witnessing fairies, gnomes, and pixies dance and prance under the moonlight.

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The poem does not have a traditional resolution, as it does not have a clear conflict that needs to be resolved.

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The message of the poem is to convey a sense of wonder and magic about the existence of fairies and other supernatural beings like gnomes and pixies. The speaker is awestruck by the sight of these creatures dancing and prancing in the moonlight and describes their joy in watching them. The Fairy Ring left behind by the fairies is portrayed as a mystical symbol of their presence, leaving a lasting impression on those who witness it. The poem invites readers to believe in the possibility of a magical world existing alongside our own.

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Oh, have you seen the fairies dance

Upon a Summer’s night?

And watched the gnomes and pixies prance

When’er the moon is bright?

Tis splendid fun to see them run

As soon as it grows light.

One evening sister May and I

Went out soon after ten;

The moon hung like a ball on high

Above the fairy glen,

And round and round upon the ground

Danced fays and elfin men.

And there, at dawn, they leave behind

A ring of toadstools wee

(Where they have danced you’ll always find

This mark for folks to see).

Then off they fly into the sky

Just as the clock strikes three.

––––––––––––– Eugenie Thornton

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o   The moon hung like a ball on high above the fairy glen.

o   Then off they fly into the sky just as the clock strikes three.

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o   Indirect metaphor: N/A

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/W/: watched, wee, where, went, when’er
/h/: hung, have, high
/f/: fairies, find, fun, fairy, fays, for, folks, fly
/ð/: the, there, then, this,
/gr/: ground, grows
/s/: summer, soon, see, splendid, sister, strikes

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/ɑː/: dance – prance
/aɪ/: night – bright – light – high – I – behind – find – sky – fly – strikes
/e/: glen – ten – men – went
/iː/: wee – three – see – seen
/aʊ/: round – ground
/uː/: soon – moon
/ɪ/ elfin – into
/ɒ/: off – clock – folks

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Eugene Thornton Silver
Literary Critic and Friend of Literature
1916–1992

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they, fairy, and round

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o   Rhythm: Regular

o   Meter: iambic tetrameter, four sets of syllables that are accented and unaccented in a specific pattern (da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM)

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The theme of the poem is the magical quality of nature and the possibility of a world beyond our ordinary perceptions. The theme highlights the imaginative capacity of the human mind to connect with the natural world and experience a sense of wonder and magic. That magic exists all around us, you just have to look to find it.

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End rhyme:
o   dance – prance
o   night – high – bright – light – I – behind – find – sky
o   wee – see – three
o  ten – men

Internal rhyme:
o   fun – run
o   went – ten
o   round – ground

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B D B D E D
B F B F B F

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