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Poem · 1846

The Night-Wind

Emily Brontë

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Poem · 1846 · English · Victorian

The Night-Wind

Emily Brontë

A night wind speaks persuasively to a listening figure.

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Personification turns the landscape into an interlocutor. The invitation to surrender makes nature both consoling and unsettling.

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A night wind speaks persuasively to a listening figure.

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