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A Fine Day poem - Michael Drayton

Clear had the day been from the dawn,
All chequer'd was the sky,
Thin clouds like scarfs of cobweb lawn
Veil'd heaven's most glorious eye.

The wind had no more strength than this,
That leisurely it blew,
To make one leaf the next to kiss
That closely by it grew.
                                 - Michael Drayton

This short poem 'A fine day' by Michael Drayton describes the beauty of a day.

In first stanza poet says that the sky is clear from the morning. There are thin clouds who have covered the sun. It looks like sun has wear scarf. Though there are not used word sun, poet has used metaphor for sun. He used word, 'heaven's most glorious eye' for sun. This also suggests how important the sun is.

In second stanza poet further describes beauty of day. He says that wind has no more strength. Wind with strength is not beautiful thing. It can destroy things, but slow wind is romantic and so poet uses words, ' leisurely it blew' and this romantic wind makes one leaf kiss next to it. By this, poet describes how beautiful the day is.

So, this poem describes a beautiful and romantic day by referring nature. It is really very fine day to enjoy.

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