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10 Cards in this Set
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'squat' |
Rough and rural language. Speaker has agricultural tone. |
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'the wizened earth' |
The poet describes earth like an old friend. Personifying it to be an old wrinkled man. |
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'nor are there trees Which might prove company ' |
Speaks of nature with same semantics as if it were a neighbour. |
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'raise a chorus in a gale' |
Personified weather. Suggests it's singing |
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'you can listen to the thing you fear' |
Direct address. Using 'you' and talking about fear createsa friendly intimacy with the speaker |
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'pummels' |
Violent language Suggests weather's power over man |
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'Exploding comfortably' |
Oxymoron poet suggests since violence is far off, you feel more secure |
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'spits like a tame cat' |
Similie suggests weather is only scary if we let it be so |
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'it is a huge nothing that we fear' |
Oxymoron suggedtsour fear is a paradox and that there is nothing to fear Alternatively we fear the nothingness of the invisible wind. |
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Theme |
Conflict between nature and man |
