# The Wind of the World explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by George MacDonald.

## What happens

The poem reflects on the harshness of winter and time, yet finds hope in the promise of spring and the divine peeping through the cracks of temporal existence.

## Themes in this chapter

### Nature as Divine Revelation

Heaven peeps through chinks of time, revealing the divine within the natural world.

### Hope and Patience

Despite the cold and confusion of time, spring is behind the frost, suggesting patient hope.

## Character check-ins

### The Wind

The Night-wind bold, personified as a force of winter and time.

### Young Spring

Chained but anticipated, representing renewal and hope behind the frost.

## Key lines

> Through chinks of time heaven peepeth out, And Spring the frost behind.

In the midst of temporal hardship, glimpses of the divine and renewal are present.

_The central image of hope and divine revelation breaking through worldly struggle._

## Links

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