rushing wildly and suddenly, like a pack of wild animals
moving helplessly, as though in a fit of confusion
climbed or moved stealthily across a steep building
a harsh weight
a fixed rope or line that secures a structure
an expression that indicates pain or discomfort
The Question and Answer section for Wind (Ted Hughes poem) is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The poem's major conflict is twofold. First, the superficial conflict between the speaker and the catastrophic winds raging outside his home. Then, the deeper conflict between the speaker and his company, symbolized by the winds. The mood and tone...
"Seeing the window tremble to come in,/ Hearing the stones cry out under the horizons."
Hughes personifies the window and the stones with the human actions of trembling and crying.
Hughes describes the wind as a force that was "stampeding the fields" beneath his window.
