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• The dynamic imagery of “white star[s]” of moonlight exploding on tree bark conveys a kind of life and energy within nature,
• The anaphora of “as it” also conveys the ongoing, uninterrupted journey of the moonlight.
• The poem’s title establishes one of its main themes. To make amends means to repair some harm or damage that has been done. The word “amends” also implies a kind of restoration after a rift. The title, then, suggests that the poem will be about some kind of rift—in this case the rift between the natural world and industrial society—and how it is or...

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