Stars By Laura Lush By Sephy Vandekamp

Stars The stars appear one by one like small songs, like small terrors rattling bright in their cages. The moon so skin. Pale rice paper awash in blood. The wolf— a brilliant blue flame through the trees. The theme of this poem explores the beauty of the night sky, the stars and the moon.

Paraphrases Lines 1 – 4 The stars appear one by one like small songs, like small terrors rattling bright in their cages. Meaning You see one star in the sky at a time They are beautiful and bright But also frightening

Paraphrases Lines 5- 7 The moon so skin. Pale rice paper awash in blood. Meaning The moon is red like flushed skin opaque yet thin like rice paper

Paraphrases Lines 8-10 The wolf— a brilliant blue flame through the trees. Meaning The wolf is warm blooded like a flame Running through the trees

Poetic Devices Simile: like small songs, like small terrors Metaphor : The wolf— a brilliant blue flame Personification: rattling bright in their cages.