HI-TECH WORLD SCHOOL

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(26 KM Milestone, Sun City, Ghaziabad 201015)
SESSION (2025-2026)
WIND (POEM)
SUBJECT- ENGLISH
GRADE- IX

Notebook work

Literary devices in the poem

Rhyme scheme – The entire poem is written in free verse. There is no rhyme scheme in the
poem.
The literary devices used are as follows –
1. Anaphora – When a word is repeated at the start of two or more consecutive lines, it is the
device of Anaphora.
Lines 2, 3, 4 begin with ‘don’t’.
Lines 6, 7, 8 begin with ‘you’.

2. Personification – wind has been personified. When the poet says ‘you are’, he is referring to
wind as ‘you’ that means he is treating wind as a person.

3. Repetition – ‘crumbling’ is repeated many times to lay emphasis. The poet wants to say that
the wind crushes everything that is weak. That is why he repeats the word crumbling.

4. Alliteration – the repetition of a consonant sound in close connection. ‘wind winnows’.

5. Symbolism – Symbolism means that the thing refers to some other thing. the wind is a symbol.
It refers to the challenges in life. He is using wind as a symbol for the adversities in our life.

Answer the following questions:

1. What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?
Ans. When the wind blows violently, it destroys everything. It breaks the shutters of windows,
scatters the papers, throws the books down from the shelves, tears their pages and brings along a
lot of rain.
2. What does the poet say the wind god winnows?
Ans. The wind God winnows means that nature sifts the weak things from the strong ones.
Everything that is weak is tossed by the powerful wind and gets destroyed. Just like the winnower
separates the grains of wheat from the chaff, similarly, the wind god separates the weak from the
strong.
3. What should we do to make friends with the wind?
Ans. We must make ourselves strong to face the violent wind. When we will be strong, the wind
will not harm us, instead it will become a friend and help us to grow and flourish.
4. What do the last four lines of the poem mean to you?
Ans. The last four lines of the poem carry an important message that the strong people emerge
stronger and victorious in the face of adversities. We must make ourselves strong like a burning
fire which grows and flourishes in the violent wind, we also prosper in the face of challenges.
A. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
Wind, come softly.
Don’t break the shutters of the windows.
Don’t scatter the papers.
Don’t throw down the books on the shelf.
Q1. How does a violent wind disturb and damage things?
Ans. A violent wind breaks the window shutters and scatters the papers. It also throws down the
books on the shelf.
Q2. What request does the poet make to the wind?
Ans. The poet requests the wind to blow gently and not to cause any damage or destruction.
Q3. Which poetic device has been used in these lines?
Ans. The poetic device used in these lines is ‘anaphora’ as the imperative ‘Don’t’ is repeated in
three consecutive lines.

B. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
There, look what you did – you threw them all down.
You tore the pages of the books.
You brought rain again.
You’re very clever at poking fun at weaklings.
Q1. Whom does the poet address as ‘you’?
Ans. The poet addresses the wind that has been blowing fiercely as ‘you’.
Q2. What does ‘them’ refer to?
Ans. ‘Them’ refers to the books on the shelf.
Q3. How does the wind bring rain?
Ans. Wind accumulates and shakes up vapor-laden clouds to cause rain.
Q4. How does the wind deal with the weaklings?
Ans. The wind harms and terrifies the weaklings with its fierce power and thus mocks their
weakness.

C. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters,
crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives,
crumbling hearts-
the wind god winnows and crushes them all.
Q1. Why are the houses, doors, rafters etc. crumbling?
Ans. The houses, doors, rafters etc. are crumbling because they are weak and cannot stand the
onslaught of the destructive wind.
Q2. Explain the expression: “crumbling lives, crumbling hearts”.
Ans. Many lives are lost when wind wreaks havoc. The lives of the survivors are shattered too
because their loved ones are dead and their homes and property are destroyed. They are left with
no hope in life.
Q3. Why has the wind been called ‘god’?
Ans. Wind has been called ‘god’ because, like ‘god’, he uses his power to remove and crush the
undesirable, weak things.
Q4. What does the wind god do?
Ans. The wind god, using its force winnows and crushes everything and everybody that comes in
its contact.

D. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
He won’t do what you tell him.
So, come, let’s build strong homes,
Let’s join the doors firmly.
Practice to firm the body.
Make the heart steadfast.
Q1. Who is ‘he’ in the first line?
Ans. ‘He’ in the first line refers to the wind god.
Q2. According to the poet, what preparations should be made to face the fury of the wind?
Ans. According to the poet, we should build strong homes and close the doors firmly to face the
fury of the wind as he attacks and destroys the weaklings only.
Q3. Why should the houses and doors be made strong?
Ans. The houses and doors should be made strong to withstand the onslaught of the violent wind.
Q4. What is the poet’s advice to people?
Ans. The poet advises people to strengthen their bodies as well as hearts to face the hardships that
come their way. They should equip themselves with physical & mental strength, grit and
determination so that they can remain unruffled and unharmed in difficult times.

H.W. __ Kindly note: Be Prepared for the class test on Tenses (PRESENT TENSE) on Tuesday.