Wind Man and the Natural World Quotes

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Quote #4

The house

Rang like some fine green goblet in the note
That any second would shatter it. (16-18)

The house isn't actually going to shatter like a goblet, but this image enhances how fragile the house and the people in it really seem.

Quote #5

We watch the fire blazing,
And feel the roots of the house move, but sit on,
Seeing the window tremble to come in,
Hearing the stones cry out under the horizons. (21-24)

The wind intimidates humans, while bringing inanimate stones to (a kind of) life.