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The poem 'Wind' illustrates the destructive power of the wind as a metaphor for life's hardships, highlighting how it targets the weak while empowering the strong. The poet emphasizes that only those with resilience can overcome challenges, while the frail succumb to defeat. Ultimately, the poem conveys that one's attitude towards adversity shapes their ability to endure and grow stronger.

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Wind Notes

The poem 'Wind' illustrates the destructive power of the wind as a metaphor for life's hardships, highlighting how it targets the weak while empowering the strong. The poet emphasizes that only those with resilience can overcome challenges, while the frail succumb to defeat. Ultimately, the poem conveys that one's attitude towards adversity shapes their ability to endure and grow stronger.

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Wind

1. How does the wind make fun of the weaklings?


The strong wind uses his destructive power to harm weak persons and
delicate things without showing mercy or sympathy. He crushes weak
houses. By moving violently and destroying the weak, he seems to make
fun of their helplessness.
2. How does the poet use wind as a symbol in relation to human beings?
In relation to human beings, the wind has been used by the poet as a
symbol of hardships that life is dotted with. Men have to encounter
terrible sufferings, sorrows, difficulties and failures. So powerful are
these troubles that only very strong people are able to overcome them
and move ahead. Weak, infirm and indecisive people surrender in front
of hardships and accept defeat. But strong people with unwavering mind
and firm will, fight against the hardships and emerge even stronger.
Human lives can never be devoid of struggle. One only needs physical
and mental strength to overcome the unfavourable circumstances. Strong
people can turn their difficulties into opportunities and learn lessons
from them. They know how to turn them in their favour.
3. Why does the poet say ‘the wind god winnows’?
The poet states that the wind god winnows because it is nature’s way of
rejecting the frail and unhealthy objects. In a way, the wind god
separates the weak from the strong like the chaff is separated from the
grain. The wind god is the winnower, the wind is the winnowing fan and
the weak men are the grain.
4. Theme of the poem

The poem 'wind' depicts the utterly enormous power of wind in the
world and how it has the potential of being both a destroyer and a
creator. The weak and fragile cannot withstand its fury, while the strong
can use it to their advantage. The same is true of the adversities of life -
those who are weak easily break down and those who are strong take
them in their stride and come out stronger. Therefore, our attitude to life
determines our response to them.

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