Question

What is the main idea found in these lines from “A Nocturnal Reverie” by Anne Finch?

Animals live and eat freely while their masters are asleep.

People are annoyed by the various sounds of animals at night.

People fear the nighttime animals that roam through the country.

Animals destroy the foliage that people have planted.

Answer 1

Animals live and eat freely while their masters are asleep.

Step-by-step explanation:

"A Nocturnal Reverie" is a poem by Anne Finch written in 1713. The poem describes about the nighttime spent adoring the beauty of the nature. In the poem the speaker speaks about the fear of that most people feel during night. But when she clearly sees that its just a horse grazing her fear vanishes. Then she goes on saying that it is during nighttime animals live and eat freely because their masters are asleep and their is no interference by them. And even the nature celebrates its freedom at nighttime. But this joy is short lived as the dawn is coming.

Answer 2

• Animals live and eat freely while their masters are asleep.

Step-by-step explanation:

Nighttime creatures are wakeful around evening time and "Dream" signifies agreeably at the idea, for example, a fantasy. Hence no one is irritated, or apprehensive.