Guess the meaning of the following from the context a) the garden still is alight with lilies. b) Dawn wakes the starling. C) The meadow is wrapped in shadow
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The following expressions are taken from 'Lullaby' by Edith Nesbit. The following are the contextual meaning of the expressions:
a) The garden is alight with lilies: The speaker is assuring the baby that the garden is full of flowers but the flowers like lilies and daisies and they also need rest. So the speaker is gently asking the baby to sleep so she can wake up fresh the next morning.
b) Dawn wakes the starling: The speaker is asking the baby to sleep past dawn as it still not time to wake up. Only sparrows and starlings wake up so early but the baby should sleep till the daisies wake up.
c) The meadow is wrapped in shadow: The meadow and garden are still under darkness of the night eventhough it is dawn. So the speaker is tell the baby that it is still not time to wake up.
The images of the baby sleeping and the nature (garden, meadow, daisies, lilies etc) are metaphorical in the poem.
Answer:conservation and
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