In the poem, "For the Sleepwalkers", the speaker is the author or the poem and he is .
The poem is for the sleepwalkers and their faith. By the end of the .
poem the author reveals that he too is a sleepwalker. The tone is uplifting because the .
sleepwalkers demonstrate faith in the middle of darkness. The mood suggests dark places .
because it is night time, they're eyes are closed, and the moonlight. The theme is understood .
to be trust and faith. Throughout the poem the author is referring to the sleepwalkers and .
how much faith they exemplify, then the author writes, "we have to learn to trust out hearts .
like that." The pattern indicates that the poem started out informal, then shifts to the author .
being a sleepwalker himself, but he never refers back to himself as one, and the last "we" .
draws the reader in with him. The biblical allusion is faith. The symbolism is conventional and .
private because it talks about the light, darkness, and the heart. The private is the open .
window which is equivalent to death. The concrete imagery are the stairs, windows, heart, .
and roses. There were many figures of speech such as the simile, "always they return home .
safely, like blind men." The metaphor is the faith of the sleepwalker. The sound imagery is .
when the poem refers to the music of the owls. In conclusion the author wants the reader to .
learn to trust their heart by comparing them to the sleepwalkers' faith.
