The sky seemed abruptly to have had enough of my dithering and dramatically lightened up around the glowing moon, which retreated like an aging sovereign before the rising sun.

Mary Ellen Hannibal
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The sky seemed abruptly to have had enough of my dithering and dramatically lightened up around the glowing moon, which retreated like an aging sovereign before the rising sun. This line is in reference to a poem written in 1892 by Robert Frost. In the poem, the speaker is speculating about life after death, wondering what will happen when he dies. The moon represents his soul, approaching death. It appears to be in a state of deterioration, with its light diminishing to nothing; but then the sun appears, representing the soul’s new life -- or rebirth -- after death.

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