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vvv
vvv
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High School - 10th Grade

What is the sensuous description of the rainbow from Shelly's "The Cloud"?  

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Posted by vvv on Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 2:06 AM and tagged with description, rainbow, the cloud.

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  1. gbeatty Teacher
    College - Freshman

    eNotes Editor

    The description is found here:

    The triumphal arch through which I march
           With hurricane, fire, and snow,
    When the Powers of the air are chained to my chair,
           Is the million-colored bow;
    The sphere-fire above its soft colors wove,
           While the moist Earth was laughing below.

    The "triumphal arch" is the bend of the rainbow. The "million-colored bow" is the rainbow itself. The "soft colors wove" refers to the relationship between the rainbow and the "laughing" planet below.

     

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    http://www.enotes.com/cloud-salem/cloud

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    Posted by gbeatty on Wednesday April 8, 2009 at 11:25 AM