"The Cloud" |
Stanza 1 Analysis
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This poem is written in first person. The cloud speaks to us about its greatness.
The first stanza generalizes the different functions of a cloud. The cloud is responsible for watering flowers, providing shade for the leaves in the midday sun, opening buds after a morning of dew, and dropping crushing hail on fields of soft grass. Afterwards, the cloud melts the hail with warm rain that replenishes the broken grass. The cloud tells us that it laughs in the sound of thunder.
This stanza talks of how the cloud brings about life.
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This poem is written in first person. The cloud speaks to us about its greatness.
The first stanza generalizes the different functions of a cloud. The cloud is responsible for watering flowers, providing shade for the leaves in the midday sun, opening buds after a morning of dew, and dropping crushing hail on fields of soft grass. Afterwards, the cloud melts the hail with warm rain that replenishes the broken grass. The cloud tells us that it laughs in the sound of thunder.
This stanza talks of how the cloud brings about life.
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