1. Ode to West Wind
The tempest in Act III influences the character King Lear significantly. The storm is an echo of Lear's inner turmoil and his growing insanity: the awesome power of the storm is a physical, chaotic natural reflection of Lear's internal confusion. Although Lear does not recover his good sense, and le...
"The Chestnut Casts His Flambeaux," written by A.E. Housman surrounds itself with fatalism, doom, and mutability. In the first stanza, he describes the scenery and weather during the end of May. When Housman states, "The chestnut casts his flambeaux, and the flowers/Stream from the hawthorn on the...