<<I heartily disagree with you lumping those 5 together. It may be 5 items, but
they are not 5 "things.">>
Well, it's all a matter of prespective, I guess. Looking at the complete song, she
starts with metaphors for Clouds: (A Threefer)
1.Rows and flows of angel hair (Clearly 1 thought)
2.ice cream castles in the air (the same)
3.And feather canyons everywhere (the same)
To describe love:
1.Moons
2.Junes
3.Ferris wheels
4.The dizzy dancing way you feel
5.As ev'ry fairy tale comes real
The aforementiond five-ster to describe love, EXCEPT that you could (and you are)
argue that the first three nouns actually represent one bigger concept, that being one
of those magical summer nights when you're in love and all is right with the world.
Maybe.
<<Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds>>
And what to make of this one? I would argue that she's got a couple of seperate
threefers tucked inside a group of seven!
1.Tears
2.fears
3.feeling proud
4.To say "I love you" right out loud
5.Dreams
6.schemes
7.circus crowds
So, the way *I* see it, and I ain't necessarily right, is that the progression is
3-5-7, each an odd prime number (for you numeroligists and math teachers), but just as
the numbers increase, so does the importance of the topic. LIFE is more important than
LOVE which is more important than CLOUDS.
Again, is this something that I'm rationalizing, or has Joni in her brilliance
constructed something that works on multi-levels?
One thing's for sure; I'll bet Claudine Longet wasn't thinking about ANY of this when
she recorded the song! :~D
Bob
NP: Elvin Bishop, "Another Mule Kickin' In Your Stall"
