Poem Analysis: Storm Warnings

Back in the time when “The Storm” was written, not as much was known about mental health as is known today. When you know a bad storm is approaching, people nowadays are better able to find ways to handle the stress caused by storms. According to Lombardi (2020), in the story, The Storm, a bad storm comes through the area while Calixta’s son and husband are at the store. They decided to stay in the store until the weather passes. When Calixta realizes how bad the storm is, she begins to worry about her son and husband.

In the wake of a storm, most people like to prepare for bad situations, such as losing power, wind damage, hail damage, or maybe protecting animals. The message of preparation can also be applied into other aspects of life, like planning a wedding, graduation party, or get-together. It is usually the parents who want everything to work out, while the kids usually stay out of the way or watch the parents work. In an emergency situation, a child cannot help but not know what to do, so the parents step in to protect the family. If someone were to observe the poetry pairing “I used to love the run-up to a storm” twenty-five years or even one hundred years from now, I believe the pairing will still have the same meaning. The pairing should have the same meaning because storms or other types of severe weather will not go away with time. As long as there is Earth, there will be weather, and as long as there are people on Earth, there will be survivors of severe weather. Although not everyone may be affected by severe weather today or in the future, there are people who have been affected in one way or another in their

Furthermore, it may come across that the poem may have a tremendous amount of relation to darkness, but it also deals with light, even if it is referring to the lack of light. In many ways, this poem could be read as a metaphor for the dark as depression and loneliness. However, there is the moon that represents the last hope or light. This is because it reaches past the

In the opening stanzas, Longfellow immediately brings the reader into a metaphoric detail of how the day’s end arrives, likening it to a falling eagle feather. He then reverts to the reality of seeing the village lights which brings him sadness. This is very intriguing simply because it begs the question, “How does one become so down trodden with the simple arrival of nightfall?” This poem speaks volumes to me because during my youth, I had a focused Christian upbringing which entailed home-schooling and having no TV. Since we did not have many modern comforts, save for water, electricity & vehicles, I used to have to rely on basic distractions like playing make-believe with my sisters or our toys. The sadness I relate to in Longfellow’s poem is that I remember having the happiest of memories during the long days of summer due to daylight’s savings time. This meant we could play outside for hours and hours where we would eventually succumb to fatigue and rest came easy. However, when the winter approached and the days grew shorter, I would feel a level of sadness or even a slight depression because that meant less play time outdoors.

The video title is “Be Prepared For The Unexpected” which expresses the main importance of the PSA video itself, which is to prove that having an organized evacuation plan for when a disaster strikes can make a difference and ultimately save lives. When a hurricane strikes “ No electricity for at least a week, city water and sewer systems not functioning, No local land-line or cell phone service, unavailability of fuel, and no reliable outside/federal help in first week”(Powerpoint) so it 's important to prepare for the worst. Being prepared is key when a natural disaster can happen at any time. Not being prepared already creates a barrier when trying to deal with surviving something as traumatic as a state-wide emergency. Keeping extra supplies and tools may sound absurd to someone who has not been in a hurricane emergency before, but being prepared can give you extra time and ultimately can save a one’s life. The unexpected part of the title refers to the fact that a disaster can strike at any time. One never knows the exact time or place where one might end up in a catastrophe and what they might need to survive. Another reason why it is extremely important to always be prepared for anything and everything.

Sadness The author uses depressing lyrics such as “ I am alone” (line 3) to give the poem a dispirited mood. He also Simon is depressed Self- preservation and isolation The author does not seek the protection of other people but relies on literary pieces to secure him.

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“Storm Warning” by Adrienne Rich is a poem in which the speaker describes an oncoming storm and expresses her feelings about how to deal with the problems she faces because of the storm. The poem’s imagery and structure help convey the speaker’s attitude of perseverance towards hardships and problems that life often throws her way. In her poem she explores the connection between physical and emotional storms and how they are both inevitable. The tone of the first sestet in “Storm Warning” is a foreboding sense of an unknown doom.

The poem evokes calming, night time winding down images to me by the line “The twilight darkens” which I see as night fall.

The speaker refers to the night as his acquaintance. This implies that the speaker has a lot of experience with the night, but has not become friends with it. Thus, because even the night, which has been alongside the speaker in comparison to anything or anyone else, is not a companion to the speaker, the idea of loneliness is enhanced. In addition, “rain” (2) is used to symbolize the speaker’s feelings of gloom and grief, because there is continuous pouring of the rain, which is unlikely to stop. In line 3, “city light” is used to convey the emotional distance between the speaker and society. Although the speaker has walked extensively, he has not yet interacted with anyone – thus distancing himself even further from society. Moreover, the moon, in lines 11 to 12, is used as a metaphor of the speaker’s feelings. The speaker feels extremely distant from society that he feels “unearthly.” The idea of isolation and loneliness in this poem is used as the theme of the poem; and the use of the setting and metaphors underscores the idea that the speaker feels abandoned from society.

I was waiting impatiently for my hot tea to cool off to experience this unusual fragrance. The aromas in the bakery intensified. “Before the storm,” the gentleman continued, “the air became calm, as if standing in one place, and then all of the scents became much stronger and clearer and did not interfere with each other,” and then he paused for the first time to look into my eyes. “Just like now, when the aroma of your tea is all that you feel. People are afraid of storms in their lives, not knowing that storms are a necessity. They are a prediction, an announcement of something new, maybe something better that lies ahead. No need to fear. A storm will stir up fragrances and feelings, but will purify air and thought to open and strengthen the heart. Although one feels hopeless in the storm of life, they should never forget – after the storm, the sun always

The storm is one of the symbols in the poem that changes how the speaker is viewed by the reader. It gives the reader an impact and allows them to look at the speaker’s mental thoughts in a different

The form of the poem then twists and turns, similar to how a breeze flows. The poet uses the same method he used to represent the breeze picking up the leaf to portray the breeze picking up a can and a piece of trash. In lines 4 to 5, it says "It blew out to the river and followed it out to sea where it got weak and died."

The speaker must have seen terrible things that night, and he has awakened in great mental distress. So, he will continue to suffer even more because he cannot go back to sleep; however, he must wait and have gloomy thoughts and images in his mind through the remaining hours of darkness before the light of dawn finally comes. One thing that is necessary to human nature is time. Looking at a mean of someone’s life, having time gives you the chance to make a change and be something. Whether that change is small or it redefines your life, getting that time is priceless and once time passes, it can never come back. The poet places this idea of wasted time (black hours) after the speaker has woken up in the night. Time has passed for the speaker and now he will never get that time back; so, he feels that it has been wasted. “And more must, in yet longer light’s delay” (4). ‘Delay’ is not merely the rhyme for ‘day’: it is stretching it out, a delaying act. The speaker wakes up and finds he cannot get back to sleep, he is doomed to lie awake, in the ‘black hours’ (black because it is literally night, but also because of the speaker’s depression).

Have you ever travelled in the hills by bus when it was raining heavily? How do you think the hills when it rains?