A Fine Day by Michael Drayton



 Michael Drayton was an English poet of Elizabethan Era. He has first published poems of Spirituality with richness of expression.

             In the poem “A Fine Day”, poet is describing the beauty of a day. The poem has two stanzas and both have the beautiful picture of a day.

     In the first stanza we come to know that the day is very fine and beautiful. There are no clouds in the sky and the atmosphere is bright with the “heaven’s most glorious light”, which is the metaphor for sun. the thin clouds are like scarf for sun.
    
    The wind is blowing. The poet has personified the wind by saying that it has no strength. It is blowing leisurely. The calm force of the wind forces leafs to touch each other with patient. The leafs are touching each other with love and poet used the word “kiss” to personify the leafs as they are making love in this fine day.
     
      The poem has various poetic devices like simile, personification and metaphors with ornamental language.

                A Fine Day is pictorial poem which is written by Michael Drayton. It creates beautiful picture of morning  and clear day of nature in front of our eyes . It has a painting imagination. Poem is divided into 2 stanzas . Poet praises the day from the beginning.

                According to poet, the day is clear from the dawn or first rays of the morning. It means there is no rain or clouds in the sky. The visibility is clear. In the second line the poet talks about chequered sky means it creates a pattern  of squares of different colours in the sky. It is kind of drawing in the sky. Then the poet compares thin clouds with linen scarf. He uses the metaphor cobweb lawn . It means the sun is hiding behind the clouds as veil of the hat hides the face. The poet uses the word 'Heaven's  most glorious eyes' which is the poet of nature.  A person who is lucky who can see this glorious picture.

Then , the further poet suggests that the wind blows slowly and leisurely. It has no more strength. Poet has to pay attention towards wind. The wind blows calmly which adds beauty and mood it the mind of the poet and nature, too.

The second line from it about 'leaf' is a personification. The wind blows slowly and leaf touches with the other . So, the poet says closely grew. The whole poem indicates and praises the beauty of the day.





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