Summary of the poem A Wind Flashes the grass
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A Wind Flashes the Grass
A Wind Flashes the Grass is a Nature poem by postmodernist poet Ted Hughes. Unlike the poets of the Romantic Age, who depicted Nature as gentle, kind and motherly, Hughes paints a gory picture of Nature. Here Nature is depicted as the terrible destroyer and not the creator. The poem can be compared to Swami Vivekananda’s poem ‘Kali the Mother’.
Hughes begins his poem with dissonance. He creates an atmosphere of terror as he describes the wrath of a storm when the leaves fall off the trees black as death. People are terrorised with the frightening thunderous sound of the storm. The trees let out a piercing cry while the wind wails and howls through the branches. The ploughman, who represents Man, is frightened by the storm as it reminds him of his mortality. Death is the rule of Nature but it is a frightening truth. Life’s memories all dissolve into death.
The trees like humans are panic-stricken by the havoc created by the storm. They behave like horses bewildered in a storm trembling with terror. The snapping of the twigs sound like the oracle’s prophecy of impending doom. All fear the inconsistency of life and the harsh existence of death. Nature serves as a reminder of ominous Death.
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