A Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest summary Charles Harper

 A Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest by Charles Harper (1813-68) B.Ed. first year

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 A Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest is a poem by Australian poet Charles Harper. In this poem, the poet describes how quietness ruled the forest and its creatures. It evokes the feeling opposite to a noisy and crowded world.

It is mid-summer noon in the Australian forest. All animals and birds are quiet and there is total silence. Grasshoppers are resting in the coolest place. Even the ever-busy ants are resting in their homes. Over hills and over plains due to quietness it seems as if sleep is ruling the jungle.

The poet then hears a slow, sleepy, humming sound of the dragon hornet from far away. Then far away a beetle is making a humming sound while flying in the sky. It is shining brightly in its flight. As the wind is blowing slowly, the leaves of the trees are also waving lazily. Even the tired summer is taking a sigh for sleep. Hence the poet has described the forest all quiet yet beautiful.

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