While reading the poem, “The Sound of Night” by Maxine Kumin it explores the creatures of what they do at night while we are sleeping. The reader might be camping with another person and they are falling asleep among the unknown creatures of the night. They seem to be frighten by the noises around them, so they wait patiently until the sun rise.
The reader has an uneasy feeling. The first part of the poem, the reader and the campers experiencing the same trembling fear. These noises are loud, keeping the speaker awake, while they try to defend themselves at night. Such as, “Birds huggermugger crowd the trees, .. bats, snub seven-pointed kites, skitter across the lake, swing out, squeak, chirp, dip…”(576) they are frightened that what they
The reader has an uneasy feeling. The first part of the poem, the reader and the campers experiencing the same trembling fear. These noises are loud, keeping the speaker awake, while they try to defend themselves at night. Such as, “Birds huggermugger crowd the trees, .. bats, snub seven-pointed kites, skitter across the lake, swing out, squeak, chirp, dip…”(576) they are frightened that what they