The wind shrieks, the wind grieves; It dashes the leaves on walls, it whirls then again; And the enormous sleeper vaguely and stupidly dreams And desires to stir, to resist a ghost of pain.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Nature reflects deep emotion while a sleeping figure struggles faintly against an abstract suffering.
- In plain terms
- The wind cries and a sleeper struggles against pain.
- What can you take from it?
- External storms mirror internal rest.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What pain do you resist?
- Does nature mirror you?
Another view
It attributes human emotion to inanimate objects like wind.
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