Child Moon
Child Moon - meaning Summary
Childhood Wonder Renewed Nightly
Sandburg’s short lyric captures a child’s recurring awe at the moon as a nightly ritual. The poem observes a young girl pointing and exclaiming, then falling asleep with moon-talk on her lips. Its plain, concrete images—branches, golden light, and a “far silent yellow thing”—frame wonder as immediate, sensory, and sustaining. The mood privileges innocence and repetition, suggesting small daily experiences preserve a quiet, restorative joy.
Read Complete AnalysesThe child's wonder At the old moon Comes back nightly. She points her finger To the far silent yellow thing Shining through the branches Filtering on the leaves a golden sand, Crying with her little tongue, "See the moon!" And in her bed fading to sleep With babblings of the moon on her little mouth.
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