Read the poem and answer the question. "an hymn to the evening" soon as the sun forsook the eastern main, the pealing thunder shook the heav'nly plain: majestic grandeur! from the zephyr's wing exhales the incense of the blooming spring. soft purl the streams; the birds renew their notes, and through the air their mingled music floats. through all the heav'ns what beauteous dies are spread! but the west glories in the deepest red: so may our breasts with ev'ry virtue glow, the living temples of our god below. fill'd with the praise of him who gives the light and draws the sable curtains of the night, let placid slumbers sooth each weary mind at morn to wake more heav'nly, more refin'd; so shall the labours of the day begin more pure, more guarded from the snares of sin. night's leaden sceptre seals my drowsy eyes; then cease, my song, till fair aurora rise. the description of the sun and the thunder in the first two lines of the poem demonstrate use of . allusion heroic couplets personification symbolism

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”