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June Thunder is a poem of seven stanzas, each of four lines. The poem does not make use of a rhyme scheme. The poem is written in a loose form of the sapphic stanza, and is included by Grace Schulman in a list of English poems that are "sapphics-inspired". [5] The short fourth line of each stanza is an Adonic, as in a sapphic stanza: "Joys of a ...
The poem is recited by James Stewart's character in Magic Town (1947). Passages from this poem are recited in Soldier Blue (1970) in lieu of a prayer after a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne. Lines from the poem is quoted at the end of When The Wind Blows (1982). The poem inspired the Iron Maiden song "The Trooper" (1983). [13]
The poem was first published in the Sentinel of Troy, New York, on 23 December 1823. All eight reindeer were named, the first six being Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet and Cupid; the final two, "Dunder" and "Blixem", are from a Dutch oath meaning "thunder" and "lightning". [7] [8] [9] The relevant part of the poem reads:
Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House composed the poem for the second inauguration of Gov. Andy Beshear on Dec. 12, 2023. ... in the night with shivers of lightning. and quaking thunder. The rain ...
Thunder and lightning are much more common in warm, summer months because of convection, the upward motion of air that helps produce thunderstorms. Because convection is rare in winter ...
The wind howls . . . the thunder rolls . . . Like a blue flame, flocks of clouds blaze up above the sea's abyss. The sea catches bolts of lightning drowning them beneath its waters. Just like serpents made of fire, they weave in the water, fading, the reflections of this lightning. —Tempest! Soon will strike the tempest!
The Thunder, Perfect Mind" (Coptic: ⲧⲉⲃⲣⲟⲛⲧⲏ: ⲛⲟⲩⲥ ⲛ̄ⲧⲉⲗⲉⲓⲟⲥ tebrontē: nous n̄teleios) is a Coptic text originally discovered in the Nag Hammadi library in 1945. It follows a poetic structure, and has received scholarly attention for its gnomic style and unclear subject.
Mr Reynolds, from Bow, east London, told the PA news agency: “There was thunder and frequent lightning through the early hours, then at 5.30am the storm broke overhead with an enormous crack and ...