"Blow, blow, thou winter wind"

“Blow, blow, thou winter wind”

                  This poem is depicting the winter wind and comparing it to human relationships. It is a Shakespearean poem split into to two stanzas with a rhyme scheme of AA-B-CC-B-DDDD. Each stanza begins and ends the same way, and there are few differences between the stanzas. This effect allows it to flow more like a song. This poem is a nature poem that personifies something in nature to take on human characteristics. 

                  The poem’s tone is whimsical cheerfulness even though the winter wind is dull and “unkind.”  Its description also gradually gets softer as the poem goes on. Shakespeare uses this type of poem to keep it structured and organized. The repetition follows the life of wind and its constant swiftness.