The Wind
by James Stephens

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The Wind Tapped Like a Tired Man
by Emily Dickinson

The wind stood up, and gave a shout;
He whistled on his fingers, and

Kicked the withered leaves about,
And thumped the branches with his hand,

And said he'd kill, and kill, and kill;
And so he will! And so he will!

The wind tapped like a tired man,
And like a host, "Come in,"
I boldly answered; entered then
My residence within

A rapid, footless guest,
To offer whom a chair
Were as impossible as hand
A sofa to the air.

No bone had he to bind him,
His speech was like the push
Of numerous hummingbirds at once
From a superior bush.

His countenance a billow,
His fingers, if he pass,
Let go a music, as of tunes
Blown tremulous in glass.

He visited, still flitting;
Then, like a timid man,
Again he tapped--'twas flurriedly--
And I became alone.

Similarities	Differences
a. Both poems personify the wind as a man.	a. Stephen's wind shouts, kicks, thumps on branches, and wants to kill.
b. Both poems give the wind fingers.	b. Dickinson's wind is tired and timid.
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	Stephens	Dickinson
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