"The Cloud" |
Stanza 4 Analysis
Pictures taken by website editor in Molette's Bend, Alabama.
The cloud begins by talking of the moon. The moon walks across the smooth floor of the cloud as breezes scatter it, sometimes tearing its delicate skin allowing the stars to peak through to the earth below. As the stars stare, the cloud laughs as they startle and flee like a swarm of golden bees. The cloud then widens the moon-rent hole so that the soft glow can be reflected from the waters covering the land.
The cloud begins by talking of the moon. The moon walks across the smooth floor of the cloud as breezes scatter it, sometimes tearing its delicate skin allowing the stars to peak through to the earth below. As the stars stare, the cloud laughs as they startle and flee like a swarm of golden bees. The cloud then widens the moon-rent hole so that the soft glow can be reflected from the waters covering the land.
The cloud here is a type of Altocumulus cloud as pictures below.