Adrienne Riche - Storm Warnings Flashcards
1
Q
Personification
A
Winds walking overhead
2
Q
Restlessness
A
‘And walk from window to window’
3
Q
approaching
A
encroaching
4
Q
comparison of the tension and unease before a storm to the apprehension that comes with waiting for an unpleasant life event
How we are at the mercy of our own fate
A
As often when the air moves inward toward a silent core of waiting.
5
Q
Metaphor for the human powerlessness / contrast with the the metaphor for our desire to gain control
A
Clocks and weather glasses cannot alter
Time in the hand is not control of time
6
Q
Stoeic image of suffering
Metaphor for human resiliance
Our common humanity
A
These are the things that we have learned to do
Who live in troubled regions
