Now Close The Window

Now close the windows and hush all the fields;
If the trees must, let them silently toss;
No bird is singing now, and if there is,
Be it my loss.
It will be long ere the marshes resume,
It will be long ere the earliest bird:
So close the windows and not hear the wind,
But see all the wind-stirred.

Now use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the images.

The Venn Diagram will have two circles representing the two stanzas of the poem. In the first circle, we will include the images of closed windows, hushed fields, silent trees, and no bird singing. In the second circle, we will include the images of marshes resuming, earliest bird singing, and wind not heard but seen being stirred. The overlapping area will represent the images that are common to both stanzas, such as the wind being stirred and the overall sense of quietude.