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Diane Ackerman's poem, The Dark Night of the Hummingbird.
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The Dark Night of the Hummingbird: ~Poem Commentary~ The particularity about Diane Ackerman's poem, The Dark Night of the Hummingbird, is that although it seems to be a rather straightforward and anecdotic poem describing the life cycle of a hummingbird, the poet's use of language and the poem's structure conceal a profound and powerful message concerning the fragility and delicateness of life. This poem, written in blank verse, contrasts two different instances, day and night, in the life of a hummingbird, which are literally divided by a blank space that separates the two stanzas. The first section is a glimpse into the energetic life of a hummingbird during the day, while the second section is a description of a hummingbird's fatal collapse during the night, as it realizes "it can't store enough energy to last the night and hoist it from its well of dreams." Life and death, symbolized...
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