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Thinking about the Poem

What are the things the wind does in the first stanza?

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In the first stanza, the wind shutters breaks the shutters of the windows, scatters the papers, throws down the books from the shelf, tears the pages of the books and brings showers of rain.

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Chapter 2.2: Wind (poem) - Thinking about the Poem [Page 31]

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Chapter 2.2 Wind (poem)
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