Note the use of constellations to indicate the vast expanse and swift movement of the cloud; another illustration of the poet’s power to see things in the large. Locate the constellations named.
Explain the figure, “star-hungry.”
19. Deep in the further murk sheet-lightning flared.
Sheet-lightning—covering the sky like a sheet, sometimes called heat lightning—a common phenomenon in prairie storms.
24. What turmoil now? Lo, ragged columns hurled, etc.
Explain “ragged columns.”
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2. Along the solid rear a dull boom runs!
Explain “solid rear.”
11. Reveals the butte-top tall and lonely there