When The Wild Wind Blows Poem Analysis

“When the Wild Wind Blows” sung by Iron Maiden Even though people often associate ballads with a story of love, some ballads can tell stories of possible futuristic scenarios. A song that demonstrates this type of story is “When the Wild Wind Blows” by Iron Maiden. Because this ballad is a song, tells a story, and contains other elements of a ballad, it easily represents a modern rock ballad. This song does not maintain a regular rhyme scheme; however, it repeats a few lines: “Can’t believe all the lying/ All the screens are denying/ That the moments of truth have begun/ Can’t you see it on TV?/ Don’t believe them in the least bit/ Now the days of our ending have begun.” The song features a few breaks in which a guitar is accompanied by a pair of cymbals and the sound of wind. As the song progresses, the beat speeds up to dramatize the story being sung. I like to think the guitar that plays the melody represents the man in the story. Without words, the rhythm and beat of the song expresses drama and suspense. The words support this. …show more content…
When the media advertises an end to the world, the couple starts preparing for it. They want to survive this catastrophe. A line in the song says, “He carries everything into the shelter not a fuss/ Getting ready when the moment comes.” He and his wife prepare for weeks. When the supposed day comes, he has flashbacks of his life with his wife and thinks the time they spent together will be meaningless after then “winds of change” sweep across the world. They hold no hope in their bosoms. “They make a tea and sit there waiting/ They’re in the shelter feeling snug.” As the moment of truth approaches them, the man and his wife cannot stand to face the “wild winds.” The ending of the story describes a scene of the couple holding fast to each other as the poison, the death to their lives, sits beside