The poem "Wind" by Ted Hughes is a free verse following a quatrain pattern. It has a direct title which gives some idea of what the poem is going to talk about. The basic idea of the poem is a description of a storm by the narrator who is stuck in house during the fierce storm. The poet gives a very detailed description of the storm and throws a negative light on it. The poet uses various poetic devices but the recurring use of enjambment suggests that the poet is having an outpouring of emotions and is not able to decide where to end his sentence. The poet maintains a neutral tone throughout the poem which is set in an isolated house atop a hill which can BE deduced from the detailed description of the effects of the storm on the mountains. The poem follows the effects of the storm on various objects observable from the house, starting with a metaphor comparing the house with a ship far out at sea at night and stuck in a storm. The poet goes on to describe the various sounds which are audible from the house for which he uses onomatopoeia, he describes the wind as having ridden over the sea waves, which is now crashing into the hills bringing dampness and destruction with it.
In the second stanza HE begins with the dawn of a new day in which the poet uses imagery to make the reader perceive the beginning of the day with an orange sky, the aftermath of the storm is slightly exaggerated as the poet describes the mountains as having shifted places, the wind is causing lightning which is twitching, contracting and spreading all over the sky for which the poet uses a metaphor "like the lens of a mad eye". By the third stanza it is noon and the poet moves towards the far side of the house but is only able to reach the coalhouse door, again the poet exaggerates the effects of the wind as he states that the wind is so powerful that it dents the balls of his eyes, through those "dented" eyes the poet again uses metaphor by comparing the mountains to tents which are straining on their guy rope.