Question

When the humid shadows hover
Over all starry spheres
And the melancholy darkness
Gently weeps in rainy tears,

What are the humid shadows?

What do they do?

Why does the poet addresses the darkness as melancholy?
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Answer 1

Answer:

1) Humid shadows refers to dark clouds that produce rain.

2) They hide the stars.

3) The poet call the darkness melancholy because it makes him sad.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:

According to the poet,

humid shadows means dark clouds laden with droplets of rain water

the stars in the sky is not visible as they are covered by the dark rainy clouds.

In the phrase, melancholy darkness the poet has associated the feelings of sadness and gloom to the darkness that result due to clouds. Just like the feeling of sorrow that leads to tears