What better pleasure can there be, than a beautiful poem read out so beautifully. Thank you for posting. Would like to know of more readings by Frances Jeater.
Beautifully orated masterpiece. ive watched this many, many times now and have been sharing it with friends on my own poetry site who have also enjoyed it. so thanks for posting it.
This is one of those poems, where the scheme seems to lull you into a since of security, and the imagery is pleasant, yet the meaning is often profound, this poem being my favorite example of that.
Shelley's song is describing various types of clouds using a 4/3 iambic bar structure. He is using nymphs to once again reveal his love affair with nature while reinforcing his romantic idealism. He was a lover in every sense of the word and his poetry in "The Cloud" is a prime example.
"Written in anaepests, favoured by Shelley in 1820, his descriptive sketches of various cloud types or formations are readily identifiable with the categories proposed by Luke Howard."
Imagine you are a nymph with clouds arriving on the scene. Now, re-read the stanzas and they will start coming alive for you.
Remember, many poems are meant to be taken literally. Let your mind rest and allow the words ease your understanding and enhance your enjoyment. It also helps to read the poems out loud to yourself more than once. Think gracefully when reading Shelley.
blue smile !!!
indiansummerfun 3 weeks ago
Thank you, thia has been added to our playlists here and on facebook...
PoetryETrain 2 months ago
What better pleasure can there be, than a beautiful poem read out so beautifully. Thank you for posting. Would like to know of more readings by Frances Jeater.
nmpost7 7 months ago
Well read!! But incomplete, a half and a whole stanza are missing
hadricalifornia 9 months ago
Beautifully orated masterpiece. ive watched this many, many times now and have been sharing it with friends on my own poetry site who have also enjoyed it. so thanks for posting it.
Xylok 1 year ago
This is one of those poems, where the scheme seems to lull you into a since of security, and the imagery is pleasant, yet the meaning is often profound, this poem being my favorite example of that.
Thisquestion 2 years ago
WoW! such good imagery with very good rhyme skeem...luv it!
only1clover 2 years ago
lovely reading of a beautiful poem
BSFBOPE 2 years ago
thanks for posting this phenomenal reading of a true masterpiece
Xylok 2 years ago
i am the daughter of earth and water
- one of my favorites
ripsyd 3 years ago 2
im performing this poem but i dont know whats it about? can anyone answer me? whats does this poem mean? relate it with love! thanks!
WASSABiiPANCiTCANTON 3 years ago
Shelley's song is describing various types of clouds using a 4/3 iambic bar structure. He is using nymphs to once again reveal his love affair with nature while reinforcing his romantic idealism. He was a lover in every sense of the word and his poetry in "The Cloud" is a prime example.
JustAudio2008 3 years ago
Here's a clue from Literary Encyclopedia:
"Written in anaepests, favoured by Shelley in 1820, his descriptive sketches of various cloud types or formations are readily identifiable with the categories proposed by Luke Howard."
Imagine you are a nymph with clouds arriving on the scene. Now, re-read the stanzas and they will start coming alive for you.
JustAudio2008 3 years ago
Remember, many poems are meant to be taken literally. Let your mind rest and allow the words ease your understanding and enhance your enjoyment. It also helps to read the poems out loud to yourself more than once. Think gracefully when reading Shelley.
JustAudio2008 3 years ago
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it is one of the best i have heard
singlaprety1 3 years ago
Thanks for posting!
This was one of the first poems that really got me hooked on poetry many years ago.
OsvaldoPaese 3 years ago
this was one of Charles Darwins favorite poems. that is the only reason I found this
floggingmarty 3 years ago 2
that was beautiful.
rblwoaclu 3 years ago 7