Bring on the tough stuff - there’s not just one right answer.
- What does the nature of the wind say about Nature itself?
- How does the poem depict the relationship between humanity and Nature?
- Is Nature inherently violent, according to Hughes?
- How does the poem heighten the sense of the narrator's isolation?
- Are human beings at home in Nature, according to Hughes? Would he say that we are entirely a part of the world that surrounds us, or that there is something that makes us alien and different? What part(s) of the poem support your answer?