Incrementalism in the Classic of Poem’s Many selections in the Classic of Poems make correspondences between nature and humanity. While this style is easily identified by alternating stanzas, with the first taking place in the natural world, and the second in the human world, the effect that these correspondences can have vary greatly. In some selections the correlations and analogies made are very clear, with little left to be interpreted, and as a result hardly alter the way the poem is read. However, in other poems the association created between the natural world and human world can also be seen to serve a more ambiguous, yet important purpose in the interpretation of the literature, and greatly effect the reader’s perception of the poem. “First the Winds” is one such work that uses natural imagery to convey more information than the text itself explicitly conveys. …show more content…
When superimposed against the incremental degradation of the narrators own relationship, the incrementalism present in the growth of the storm adds a deeper level of complexity to the emotions of the poem and helps the reader to better understand and progress through the narrator’s failing relationship. Within the first paragraph, both the storm and the failing relationship are introduced, three lines devoted to the relationship and one to the storm. Beginning “First the wind, then the storm” , the use of “first” and “then” places an emphasis on the idea of a incrementalism, and presents the systematic progression for not only the storms development and worsening, but also for the relationship’s