Comfort of the night  the stars spread across the skyi connect themthe longer i starethe more tales leap from the black nightthe longer i starethe smaller i feelas small as a grain of sandon an endless beachthe longer i starethe more i’m in awethe longer i starethe more i know that anything is possiblefrom which point of view is this poem written? limited third-personfirst-personomniscient third-personthird-persondescription

This poem is written in the first-person point of view. You can tell because of the use of ¨I¨ throughout the poem.

21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.