The title of ‘Wind’ this is effective because it is simple it has impact and it is bold.
In Wind Hughes has used a few metaphors have been used, an example been ‘This house has been out at sea all night’ this is effective because it makes the house seem isolated; it also makes the house to be surrounded by water and cut off to the rest of the world.
Alliteration is used in Wind for example ‘black back gull bent’ the effect of this is the harsh forceful sound, but its awkward to say showing the difficulty the bird has to fly.
In Wind repetition is used like ‘window’ this is effective because it makes us care about what happens to the house.
Tone is also used in Wind for example ‘fearful’ and ‘distressed’
The subject of the poem wind is the storm this is universal and it is easily understood. The reader can identify with the subject. This is effective because this evolves the reader in to the poem.
Possible themes for wind include the state of the world destruction of war the earth’s pollution and global warming. Other possible themes are mans inferiority to nature, or maybe feeling of fear or anxiety that the poet faces. These would be effective because it makes us feel about the current state of world affairs.
The title of ‘Night of the Scorpion’ is effective because this tells us about the basics of the poem this is also quiet horror like. The titles of both poems are very different one is simple while the other is telling us about the basics of the poem.
I think that Hughes has used the title of ‘Wind’ because he does not want to give too much away about the poem, while Nissim Ezekiel wanted to tell us about the poem so we would read it.
In Night of the Scorpion there is a metaphor used ‘The evil one’ this been the scorpion this is effective because the scorpion has a lot of sting in its tail.
The metaphors used are different, but they are both looking at one thing the house and the scorpion.
The alliteration in Night of the scorpion is ‘flame feeding’ and ‘poison purify’ this suggests that the family believe that blessing cursing and rituals will save her instead of proper prescription medicine.
The alliterations are different as in Wind it is hard to say but in Night of the Scorpion they are easy to say. But they are similar as it shows the difficulty and the power of the wind and in Night of the Scorpion it shows the pain that the mother is going through, as all these curses and blessing have not worked.
In Night of the Scorpion tone is used, as the tone is reflective on the mothers life. The tone also suggests powerless panic-stricken and helpless.
The tones are similar because both are bad as Wind is distressed and Night of the Scorpion is powerless.
The subject of Night of the Scorpion is literally that a scorpion has stung the mother and actions are taken to deal with it. It is effective because it is also easily understood and the writer refers to it several times like Hughes in Wind.
The possible theme of Night of the Scorpion is the idea of good against evil using religion in a time of crisis, clash of cultures and beliefs.
The poets have emphasised different powers of nature one being the wind that there is nothing that we can do about that. The other being the scorpion there is a little we can do like sprays n trap for the scorpion. The poets have made a connection with me through these poems, as I now know the poets thought and feeling at different times thought what they wrote during what they said. I feel the most powerful aspect of Wind being ‘This house has been out at sea all night’ this makes the hose feel isolated and helpless, which is very powerful. I feel the most powerful aspect of Night of the Scorpion being ‘The evil one’ this shows the writer are suggesting someone being scared and the scorpion being in control.