Wind - Ted Hughes Flashcards
“This house has been far out at sea all night”
Trope of exposure, vulnerability, isolation
Like a boat - dramatic tension between solidity of house and danger
Like a ship caught in a tempest - shows how small and vulnerable it is compared to the wind
Stanza 1 - elemental force
“Crashing” “booming” “stampeding” vs “floundering”
Personification
Motion
Violence
Booming - image of approaching danger
“Floundering” - image of struggle
“The tent of the hills drummed and strained its guyrope”
Terrible tension
In danger of being stripped away
Can “feel the roots of the house move”
This metaphor suggests storm could wreck house easily
Botanical metaphor to suggest even the very foundations are unstable
The stones cry out under the horizons
Zoom out - large scale, infinity
Oppression
