Question

Basketful of Moonlight

Answer 1

Answer:

hii

Explanation:

thats cool to be sounding

Answer 2

Explanation:

APPRECIATION OF POEM “BASKETFUL OF MOONLIGHT”

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1) The title of the poem is “Basketful of Moonlight”.

2) The poet’s name is Sunil Sharma.

3) The rhyme scheme is: Free-verse.

4) Favourite Lines:

“I want to light the dark route

so that my father returns early.”

“I too want to hear fairy tales

and stories from him.”

5) Theme/Central Idea:

The central idea of the poem is a child’s desire to spend more time with his father. It is about a child’s imagination where he thinks he can help his father and other villagers return home early by lighting their path back from work with seeds of moonlight.

In this poem, a child admires the beauty of the moon and requests the moon to give him it’s moonlight. He want the moonlight as everyday the villagers including his father get late returning home due to the dark and dangerous path from the city to the village. By sowing the seeds of moonlight on the sides of the path, he feels his father will be able to return early before he goes to bed and spend more time with him.