by: James Weldon Johnson

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The Glory of the Day was in her Face
Published by Fifty Years and Other Poems in 1917

• by James Weldon Johnson

Presented by Darby White and Sierra Nalley
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For the 2011 edition

• The Glory of the Day was in her Face should be
  kept in the new publication because it utilizes
  many well-known literary elements.
• Love is a universal theme, so therefore everyone
  will understand this poem.

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Rhyme Scheme

• A The glory of the day was in her face,
• B The beauty of the night was in her eyes.
• A And over all her loveliness, the grace
• B Of Morning blushing in the early skies.

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Rhythm

• Iambic pentameter
• 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

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Alliteration

• Alliteration is the repeating of consonance in
  the beginning of a word
• The birds that signal to their mates at dawn,
• To my dull ears, to my tear-blinded sight

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Assonance

• In the ninth, eleventh, and twelfth lines the
  repetition of the vowels i and y are greatly
  employed.
• In the tenth line the repetition of the vowel a
  is also applied.
• And now the glorious day, the beauteous night,
• The birds that signal to their mates at dawn,
• To my dull ears, to my tear-blinded sight
• Are one with all the dead, since she is gone.

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Simile

• In the fifth and sixth lines, James Johnson uses
  a comparison of her voice to music.
• And in her voice, the calling of the dove
• Like music of a sweet, melodious part.

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Personification

• The giving of human characteristics to a nonhuman
  object is used in this poem in line four to
  explain the appearance of the rising sun in the
  sky.
• Of Morning blushing in the early skies.

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Imagery

• In lines two and ten respectively, Johnson uses
  imagery to give examples of sight and hearing to
  the reader.
• The beauty of the night was in her eyes.
• The birds that signal to their mates at dawn

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The Glory of the Day was in her Face

• James Weldon Johnsons poem should be kept in the
  new publication because it has many literary
  terms that a reader should know.

Imagery Personification Alliteration Simile Rhyme
Scheme Rhythm