Question

Write a three to five sentence summary of The Man In The Moon by Billy Collins.

The Man In The Moon

He used to frighten me in the nights

of childhood,

the wide adult face, enormous, stern, aloft

I could not imagine such loneliness, such coldness

But tonight as I drive home over

these hilly roads

I see him sinking behind stands of winter trees

And rising again to show his familiar face

And when he comes into full view

over open fields

he looks like a young man who has fallen in love

with the dark earth

a pale bachelor, well-groomed and

full of melancholy

his round mouth open

as if he had just broken into song.

Answer 1

Maureen Trant (Emily Warfield) and her younger sibling Dani (Reese Witherspoon) share a strong connection, but local boy Court Foster (Jason London) threatens to throw their bond off balance. Dani and Court meet first and have a flirtatious rapport -- but when he meets Maureen, he falls hard and they begin a passionate affair. The new couple try to keep their love hidden from Dani, but she soon learns the truth, disavowing her sister. But a heartbreaking accident later reunites the girls.

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