"For the Sleepwalkers" by Edward Hirsch is a poem about when people are sleepwalking their bodies and hearts are going on some adventure and leaving the mind behind. The speaker of the poem is trying to tell this to all sleepwalkers who have experienced occurrences like these. The speaker is saying that even though your heart and body leave your mind they always come back to your mind.
             The poem states in the first stanza with the use of the "invisible arrow" to show that even though they are not awake the sleepwalker still seems to know where to go. This is the use of imagery to describe how the sleepwalkers are walking around not really knowing where they are going to end up. When the speaker talks about "[stepping] out of their bodies" it gives the reader the sense that their mind is not with their body. The theme in this poem is that the body and heart go off and leave the mind on its own. Then you awake your body and heart all come back to your mind and they all become one again.
             A shift in mood comes in the fifth stanza. The colon that is used in this stanza can represent the shift in mood and tone of the poem. After the colon the speaker explains what our hearts and bodies do as they are out sleepwalking. It shifts the mood from a light mood to a dark and adventurous mood. This shift occurs so that the speaker can bring the poem to a close and the sleepwalker can return to the bed.
             Sensory images are used in many different spots so that the reader can picture the images of the poem. "Our hearts are thirsty black handkerchiefs flying through the trees at might" this is a good description of our hearts. It gives the reader a picture of our hearts flying over trees and being free. Also, the poem has even more sensory images when you can hear the "music of owls." This sensory image creates a very vivid picture of the night and what it sounds like for the ...