a PoEm AbOuT cLoUdS (aNd A lItTlE wInD)

Clouds
White sheep, white sheep,

On a blue hill,

When the wind stops

You all stand still.

When the wind blows

You walk away slow.

White sheep, white sheep,

Where do you go?

~Christina G. Rossetti

In this poem, weather was used by description. A form of weather was described. The poet used her knowledge of weather by describing how the clouds are. She drew a picture in the readers mind. The reader would picture the clouds. The author also uses her knowledge to show how the clouds "act". To support all of this, the type of weather that is discussed are clouds. In the poem, the poet describes clouds. Also, there was wind mentioned in the poem.

Without the mentioning of the weather, there would be no poem! It would just be a bunch of words that didn't make any sense put together. A literary technique that is used to describe the clouds is rhyme. The poet uses rhyme which creates a rhythm. This poem, however, does not increase much knowledge about weather. It is mainly common knowledge for most. Some may learn something new.