Friday, November 22, 2019
8 Classic Storm Poems
8 Classic Storm Poems Poets love stormy weather. The powers of the natural world revealed in a tempest can be shocking, terrifying and destructive, but they are also awe-inspiring, exhilarating, and metaphorically rich- a perfect source of poetic inspiration. Here weââ¬â¢ve selected a few classic poems describing or inspired by storms. Attune yourself to the natural havoc outdoors by reading them while youââ¬â¢re safely sheltering inside from a storm, perhaps, or declaim them to the sky outside after the storm has passed. William Shakespeare, Storm speech on the heath from King Lear (1623)William Cullen Bryant, ââ¬Å"The Hurricaneâ⬠(1854)Walt Whitman, ââ¬Å"Proud Music of the Stormâ⬠(from Leaves of Grass, 1900 edition)Algernon Charles Swinburne, ââ¬Å"A Channel Passageâ⬠(1904)Amy Lowell, ââ¬Å"Storm-Rackedâ⬠(1914)Robert Frost, ââ¬Å"A Line-Storm Songâ⬠(1915)Siegfried Sassoon, ââ¬Å"Storm and Sunlightâ⬠(1918)Jean Toomer, ââ¬Å"Storm Endingâ⬠(1922)
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