> This isn't really related to the poem.
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> > ... Clouds turned the sky to grey ...
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> I always write "grey," even though my teachers always try to correct it to "gray" on assignments and the computer's spell check refuses to accept the first spelling. Grey is a warmer, softer color that can be everything from meloncholy to comforting. Gray is dull and boring.
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> gab"The clouds here are gray"by

It was certainly a conscious decision to spell it "grey" as opposed to "gray". "Gray" would have fit better, as far as the visual rhyming scheme goes. But I've always liked "grey" better, and I liked the imagery it produced more. I think you've managed to put into words why - thank you.

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