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"To the Storm of the Sick Nations, The Rage of the Hunger Smitten Cities"

Abe Hyatt

This poem is called 'Natural Music' by Robinson Jeffers. In this poem he is creating the sensation of a sad or emotional song through natural examples like dancing alone. When you hear a happy song, and then you hear a sad song, an immense amount of emotion takes over your mind, and this is what Jeffers is attempting to illustrate in this poem. He is using a disappointing or sad scenario and create for us the sadness that we feel in a sad song. I think that the point of this poem is to show that music is everywhere in our lives, even if we are not wearing earbuds.

Abe, You needed to examine the specific line you linked. What does the storm of sick nations and the rage of the hunger smitten cities mean? How does it relate to the poem's message? You don't explore the specific images in your writing above.