A Radiant Pursuit
Marie Devers
I like hunting sunsets1
through horizons far and wide—2
Emerging nightly, even though, 3
all day in clouds, they hide. 4
When I venture far from home5
and need some quick familiar, 6
"around six" I tell myself,7
I'll have the sun, I'm sure. 8
The sun is a fine friend, you see—9
warm, unique, and steady. 10
When you make appointments with the sun, 11
it's punctual and ready. 12
There's not too much that's definite, 13
on no account, to change; 14
yet the sunshine and the starry night—15
for lifetimes, will exchange. 16
And every night and morning, 17
restlessly, you'll look18
as the sun paints one more masterpiece. 19
Upon the sky, it writes a book, 20
and every day enfolds into a21
hypnotizing light. 22
When the sun dips so industriously, 23
we know that all is right. 24
So when you sense that you could use25
a phenomenon or friend, 26
Remember that a sunset27
is a pleasant narrative end, 28
and with its art, comes comfort29
that whichever path you choose, 30
a sunset waits—a nightly game31
that by no means, you'll lose. 32
Why does the author end line 2 with the word "wide" and line 4 with the word "hide"?
Question 1 options:
Because the line breaks are attractive to the eye
There is no real reason for the author's line breaks
To emphasize the themes of the poem
To create the rhyme scheme of the poem