Pathetic Fallacy: the winds crashing through the darkness

'night' - storm has been taking place for a long time - Metaphore

Extreme weather and personification "Winds stampeding the fields"

Depicting imagery: "Till day rose; then under an orange sky"

The 'hills had new places' wind was strong enough to move the hills

'Wielded' - the word wield suggests that the wind was so strong it could move things / bend things

"Emerald" - a precious stone, could be representing the strength of the wind

Simile and Personification: "Flexing like the lens of a mad eye"

'The fields quivering' - personification

'the skyline grimace' - not nice weather / cloudy weather :|

'bent like a iron bar slowly' - simile to show the strength and force of the wind

verse 1 and 2; imagery of the wind going to shatter the house. the isea of the wind is making a 'ringing' noise around the house

'Our hearts' metaphor

'Blazing' showing a contrast between the fire and the wind

'roots of the house move' - personification - suggesting that the wind is angry because it actually want to destroy

Packed with Sensual Imagery, metaphor, simile and personification

Every line has a strong, vivid image in it

Poem is about how extreme weather can make modern man feel frightened

The wind may be a metaphor for the power of creativity

Attitude

Tone

Hughes was born in 1930 and grew up around farms in Yorkshire

His wife and partner both killed themselves, yet Huges couldn't get himself to continue writing after the death of his partner Assia Wevill

Ted Hughes frequently wrote about the mixture of beauty and violence