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Address to a Child During a Boisterous Winter Evening - Dorothy Woodsworth

1. With close reference to the text, explain how the wind is compared to an active and mischievous child. "He tosses  about in every bare tree" The wind is restless and energetic "But how he will come, and whither he goes, /  There’s never a scholar in England knows."  The wind goes everywhere and nobody knows where it is "And rings a sharp 'larum" The wind likes making loud noises to disturb others "Sometimes he'll hide in the cave of a rock," // "Yet seek him - and what shall you find in his place? / Nothing but silence and empty space" The wind likes to hide from others (hide and seek) Also, the wind likes to play pranks "in a corner, a heap of dry leaves, / That he's left," The wind likes leaving things around "he has been there, and made a great rout ," The wind is destructive " And growls as if he would fix his claws" The wind likes to...