Teaching Resource: GCSE ENGLISH LITERATURE: "Wind" by Ted Hughes an analysis

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“Wind” by Ted Hughes- poetry anthology
The disturbing imagery continues when even the dawn does not bring peace and the storm continues “Till day rose”. Personification here reinforces the feeling that nature is alive. The use of alliteration of “wind wielded” echoes the sound of the wind, and the simile of it “Flexing like the lens of a mad eye” continues the personification of; the wind is wild as though it is deranged. The idea of the wind being angry is again highlighted “Through the brunt wind that dented”. Even the hills are no match for the wind as “The tent of the hills drummed and strained its guyrope”, this metaphoric depiction of the hills being like a tent makes them appear fragile in the face of the storm. Hughes continues to personify the surroundings with “The fields quivering, the skyline a grimace”, making a stronger sense of fear as if the wind is a monster in which the world cannot take on.