Wind Flashcards
1
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Who wrote wind
A
Ted Hughes
2
Q
When was wind published and in what collection
A
1957 in the hawk in rain collection
3
Q
What is the theme of wind
A
Troubled relationship with nature
Fear
4
Q
What is the tone of wind
A
Fearful
5
Q
What is the structure of wind
A
Quatrains with no regular rhyme scheme to mimic trying to control nature
Past to present tense
Spondees AOU MONOTONE EFFECT and trochees IE WEIRDNESS
6
Q
What is the context of wind
A
- Hughes stated “the wind is representative of all those natural forces we try to shut out of our lives.
- In an interview with London magazine he argued that he viewed his role as depicting what he believed to be a violent and an unruly universe “I was all for opening negotiations with whatever happened to be out there”
proving that he believes in animism- the belief nature has a soul
7
Q
What is the form of wind
A
Narrative poem
Dramatic monologue
8
Q
Quick techniques used in wind
A
- Personification of wind “flexing eyes like a bad man” and simile showing wind is untamable
- enjambment used to show uncontrollable wind
- personification “the stones cry out” shows that nature fears nature
- hyperbole ‘roots of house move’
- spondees ‘stampeding the fields under the window’ to show monotone
9
Q
Quick overview on wind
A
It starts on a boat that’s lost at sea during a violent storm,
The poet tried to fight off the unfathomable storm but it humbled
Nature is scared of nature
They go inside defeated and wait for the storm to calm
