The poem "The Cloud" by Percy Bysshe Shelley employs an extended metaphor, as it compares a cloud to life throughout the whole poem.
The cloud is meant to stand for the cycle of nature, or the unending cycle of life. Through the many cycles and transformations that the cloud endures, Shelley wants to represent the never ending cycle of birth, death and rebirth that all beings on Earth go through. The poem, therefore, focuses on the mutability of nature as the only constant in the physical world. Moreover, this allows the author to also employ the cloud as a symbol of the many changes that humans undergo throughout their lives.
All of these descriptions show brashness and confidence, strength and a sense of the ability to inflict one's will on anyone and anything. The descriptions all suggest exuberance, forcefulness, and assertiveness. They also suggest a feeling of pride.
because McCandless decided to leave the bush, but found that he could not safely cross the swollen Teklanika River due to the summer snowmelt from the glaciers.
This is bound to happen because the order being restored will give the fairies the opportunities to see the humans and interact with them. This would lead to establishment of relationship between both sides thereby causing the humans to fall in love with them.
