Question

What does the wind and snow represent in the poem any woman

Answer 1

Katherine Tynan is an Irish born writer who enriched English literature with her novels and poetry. The poem  ‘Any Woman’ by Katherine Tynan is a beautiful depicts a  woman in her multifaceted role.

The poem gives a vivid description of the glory of womanhood – the spirit behind the existence and sustenance of life on earth. The speaker relates herself with ‘the pillars of the house’, ‘keystone of the arch’, ‘fire upon the hearth’, ‘light of the sun’, ‘heat that warms the earth’, ‘light of love’, ‘twist of the sacred ring’, ‘knot of love’, ‘house from floor to roof’, ‘wall against all danger’ and ‘door against the wind and snow’.

In her poem ‘the wind and snow’  stands for the crisis affecting the family. The line ‘Their door against the wind and snow’ is adjacent to the line refers to the incident in which Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus Christ. This explains the hardship a woman  in the world has to undergo

Answer 2

In the poem “Any Woman”, the author refers to women as the center of the house and the ones who make it run.

She says that they are the one who take care of the family, protect everyone from all kinds of problems and without them, the family would be devastated.