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sijalica
sijalica
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What is an analysis of the poem, "The Cloud"?

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Posted by sijalica on Friday May 15, 2009 at 5:17 AM and tagged with analysis, the cloud.

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  1. troutmiller Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    "The Cloud" is a 6 stanza poem that goes through the basic cycle of a cloud.  It portrays the moments of happiness and the moments of anger.  It shows that like all things, there is a rebirth with clouds as well.  There is no "ending," just another cycle that it goes through.  There are a few references to his other poems as well as Milton's Paradise Lost.  "The Cloud" represents all that is good and pure in the world and because of that, it is joyful.  This indirectly points out how ignorant and wasteful and destructive humans can be.

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    Posted by troutmiller on Friday May 15, 2009 at 8:48 AM