Daybreak

Daybreak : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Summary of Daybreak:

In the poem “Daybreak”, the poet personifies the wind by giving it the human ability to speak. 

At dawn, it appears from the sea and on its way, appeals all the living and non-living objects of 

the earth. At first it appeals the mists to make room for it to flow. Then the wind cheers the 

sailors, stimulates the forest, enlivens the birds, rouses the chanticleer and animates the 

cornfield. As it passes by a church and tells the belfry tower to proclaim the approaching 

morning. At last while passing over the churchyard, the wind does not want to disturb those, 

sleeping under the grave.