The document discusses literary devices used in a poem about wind, including anaphora, personification, repetition, alliteration, and symbolism. It then summarizes the poem, noting that the wind destroys what is weak, like shutters, papers, and frail houses or hearts. The poem advises building strength physically and mentally to withstand challenges like the wind.
The document discusses literary devices used in a poem about wind, including anaphora, personification, repetition, alliteration, and symbolism. It then summarizes the poem, noting that the wind destroys what is weak, like shutters, papers, and frail houses or hearts. The poem advises building strength physically and mentally to withstand challenges like the wind.
The document discusses literary devices used in a poem about wind, including anaphora, personification, repetition, alliteration, and symbolism. It then summarizes the poem, noting that the wind destroys what is weak, like shutters, papers, and frail houses or hearts. The poem advises building strength physically and mentally to withstand challenges like the wind.
The document discusses literary devices used in a poem about wind, including anaphora, personification, repetition, alliteration, and symbolism. It then summarizes the poem, noting that the wind destroys what is weak, like shutters, papers, and frail houses or hearts. The poem advises building strength physically and mentally to withstand challenges like the wind.
Rhyme scheme - The entire poem is written in free verse. There is no rhyme scheme in the poem. The literary devices used are as follows – i.Anaphora - When a word is repeated at the start of two or more consecutive lines, it is the device of Anaphora. Lines 2, 3, 4 begin with ‘don’t’. Lines 6, 7, 8 begin with ‘you’. ii. Personification – wind has been personified. When the poet says ‘you are’, he is referring to wind as ‘you’ that means he is treating wind as a person.
iii. Repetition - ‘crumbling’ is repeated many times to lay emphasis. The poet wants to say that the wind crushes everything that is weak. That is why he repeats the word crumbling.
iv. Alliteration - the repetition of a consonant sound in close connection. ‘wind
winnows’. ‘won’t want’
v. Symbolism - Symbolism means that the thing refers to some other thing. wind is a symbol. It refers to the challenges in life. He is using wind as a symbol for the adversities in our life.
Summary The first part of the poem describes the action of the wind. The poet asks the wind to come softly. He requests the wind not to break the shutters of the windows, not to scatter the papers and throw down the books from the shelf. But the wind throws the books and tears the pages. The poet says that the wind makes a mockery of weaklings. It brings down frail houses, crumbling doors, rafters, and even weak hearts. It crushes everything that is weak. The poet advises us to be strong. Only then can we save ourselves from the wind. We should build strong homes with firm doors. Our bodies and hearts should also be strong. It is the way of the world to kick the weak and to be friends with the strong. The wind blows out the weak fires but makes the strong fires roar and flourish. Thus, the poem conveys the idea that nobody cares for the weak. Even the wind is on the side of the strong people. We must make ourselves strong to become successful and overcome the challenges in life.
Question and Answers
1. What are the things the wind does in the first stanza? A. When the wind blows violently, it destroys everything. It breaks the shutters of windows, scatters the papers, throws the books down from the shelves, tears their pages and brings along a lot of rain.
2. What does the poet say the wind god winnows?
A. The wind God winnows means that nature sifts the weak things from the strong ones. Everything that is weak is tossed by the powerful wind and gets destroyed. Just like the winnower separates the grains of wheat from the chaff, similarly, the wind god separates the weak from the strong.
3. What should we do to make friends with the wind?
A. We must make ourselves strong to face the violent wind. When we will be strong, the wind will not harm us, instead it will become a friend and help us to grow and flourish. 4. What do the last four lines of the poem mean to you? A. The last four lines of the poem carry an important message that the strong people emerge stronger and victorious in the face of adversities. We must make ourselves strong like a burning fire which grows and flourishes in the violent wind, we also prosper in the face of challenges.
