explain the phrase shining like a lance. from the poem dreaming the unicorn
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Answer:
You know, this poet, Tony Mitton, keeps a silver hair of a unicorn in a box! What for? Once, while he was asleep in his bed, he had a wonderful dream. In that dream he saw a unicorn rippling through the forest. The poet was spellbound at the sight of this creature with silver mane and a single horn. How long he stood there, the poet doesn’t remember, but suddenly the unicorn felt the poet’s presence and disappeared into the moonlit air. Waking up from dream, the poet found a similar thread of the unicorn’s silver mane under his pillow. See! However, the poet kept that thread in a box and dreamt of the unicorn whenever his mind hung heavily with stress.
Explanation:
Summary
You know, this poet, Tony Mitton, keeps a silver hair of a unicorn in a box! What for? Once, while he was asleep in his bed, he had a wonderful dream. In that dream he saw a unicorn rippling through the forest. The poet was spellbound at the sight of this creature with silver mane and a single horn. How long he stood there, the poet doesn’t remember, but suddenly the unicorn felt the poet’s presence and disappeared into the moonlit air. Waking up from dream, the poet found a similar thread of the unicorn’s silver mane under his pillow. See! However, the poet kept that thread in a box and dreamt of the unicorn whenever his mind hung heavily with stress.
Analysis
Dreaming the Unicorn
I dreamed I saw the Unicorn last night.
It rippled through the forest, pearly white,
breathing a moonlit silence.
Its single horn stood shining like a lance.
I saw it toss its head and snort and prance
and paw the midnight air.
Its mane was like a mass of silver hair.
Meaning
- Unicorn
- Rippled
- Pearly white
- Breathing a moonlit silence.
- Single horn
- Lance
- Toss
- Snort
- Prance
- Paw
- Midnight air
- Mane
- Mass of silver hair