The Glory of the Day was in her Face By James Weldon Johnson

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The Glory of the Day was in her FaceBy James
Weldon Johnson

• Presented by
• Arianna Clark and Autumn Abrams

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The Glory of the Day was in her Face

• James Weldon Johnson, born in 1871 and died in
  1938 wrote, The Glory of the day was in her
  Face.
• The Glory of the Day was in her Face, was
  written in 1917, and published by the Fifty Years
  and Other Poems.

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Glencoe Literature 2011

• This poem should be kept because it has a good
  rhyme scheme and sound devices.
• It helps young readers get introduced to poems.

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Rhythm

• The glory of the day was in her face,
• The beauty of the night was in her eyes.
• And over all her loveliness, the grace
• Of Morning blushing in the early skies
• This poem is written in iambic pentameter.

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Rhyme Scheme

• The whole poem has a rhyme scheme of
  ABAB-CDCD-EFEF.
• Every other line rhymes.
• This poem is easy to read and understand because
  of the rhyme scheme.

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Consonance

• Consonance is when the consonant sound is
  repeated many times
• And all the gentle virtues in her heart.
• In the second stanza of the last line similar
  consonant sounds are repeated.

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Assonance

• Assonance is when a vowel sound is repeated
  numerous times
• The birds that signal to their mates at dawn.
• To my dull ears, to my tear-blinded sight.
• In the lines above the i sound is repeated.

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Personification

• The author James Weldon Johnson uses
  personification which gives elements human-like
  characteristics.
• Of Morning blushing in the early skies.

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Atmosphere

• The atmosphere of this poem in the beginning
  makes the reader feel strong and uplifting, while
  towards the end it makes the reader feel let down
  and like his or her spirit has been broken.

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Simile

• When like or as is used to compares one thing to
  another.
• Like music of a sweet, melodious part.
• The author is comparing music to a melodious part.

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The Glory of the Day was in her Face

• James Weldon Johnsons poem should be kept
  because it uses a variety of literary devices,
  such as
• - Consonance -Atmosphere
• - Personification -Rhyme Scheme
• - Assonance -Rhythm
• - Simile