How is the Moon described in the poem, The Moon and the Yew Tree?

The speaker describes the moon as a solemn mother figure. According to the speaker, “It is a face in its own right, / White as a knuckle and terribly upset” (8-9). In the final stanza of the poem the speaker describes the moon as unseeing when events take place inside the church. The moon is further anthropomorphized as a feminine presence, as the author states, “She is bald and wild” (27).