The wind and the Moon
by George MacDonald

Said the wind to the Moon, I will blow you out

VIL The Wind he took his revels once more

You stare in the air like a ghost in a Chait.

On down, in town, like a merry-mad clown,

Always looking what I am about

He leaped and haloed with whistle and roar

that to be watched, mu blow you out."

"What's that?" the glimmering thread once more

The Wind blew hard, and out went the

Moon. Se deep, on a heap of clouds to sleep

Down lay the Wind, and slumbered soon,

Muttering low, "I've done for that Moon."

VIII. He flew in a rage he danced and blew

But in veins, was the pain of his bursting

brain; For still the broader the Moon-scrap

grew. The broader he swelled his big cheeks and blew.

roper

He turned in his bed she was there again!

On high, in the sky. With her one ghost eve.

The Moon shone white and alive and plain.

Said the Wind, "I will blow you out again."

IX. Slowly she grew till she filled the night,

And shone on her throne in the sky alone.

A matchless, wonderful silvery light, radiant and

Lovely, the queen of the night.

The Wind blew hard, and the Moon grew dim.

"With my sledge and my wedge.

Have knocked off her edge. If only I blow right

Fierce and grim. The creature will soon be dimmer

than dim."

X. Said the Wind: "What a marvel of power

Am I With my breath, Good faith! I blew her

to death-first blew her away night out of the

sky- Then blew her in; what strength have it

He blew and he blew, and she thinned to a thread.

"One puff, More's enough to blow her to snuffy

One good puff more where the last was bred.

And glimmer glimmer, glum will go the thread."

XI. But the Moon she knew nothing about

The affair. For high, in the sky, with her one

White eye, motionless, miles above the air.

She had never heard the great Wind blare.

VI.

He blew a great blast, and the thread was gone.

In the air nowhere, was a moonbeam bare;

Far off and harmless the shy stars shone-----

Sure and certain Moon was gone!


Discuss and analyze the poem by answering the following questions:
1. What is the setting of the story?
2. Who are the characters in the story?
3. What are the conflicts expressed in the stanza?
4. What is the climax of the story?,
5. How did the moon feel at the end of the poem​?.