wedding wind

Question 1

“The wind blew all my wedding-day, / And my wedding-night was the night of the high wind;”

Answer 1

repetition of “wind” instantly sets a tone of turbulence and disorder, contrasting with the ideal of calm, romantic perfection expected of a wedding.

The natural world seems powerful — a symbol for change
and also represents the force of marriage itself, blowing away her old self and pushing her into a new identity as “wife.” Her individuality feels consumed by marriage

Question 2

“And a stable door was banging, again and again, / That he must go and shut it, leaving me”

Answer 2

banging door symbolises disruption and intrusion
“again and again” captures restlessness
he is drawn away from her to practical duties — showing early tension between romantic expectation and everyday reality.

She is left alone introducing isolation even in her moment of union.

Question 3

“Stupid in candlelight,

Answer 3

suggests innocence, naivety. she feels foolish.

Question 4

twisted candlestick

Answer 4

mirrors her own emotional confusion .Her confusion is her being torn between overwhelming joy and sudden loneliness, between a sense of union and a loss of self

Question 5

I was sad / That any man or beast that night should lack / The happiness I had.”

Answer 5

reveals her intense, almost naïve joy — she’s newly in love and feels empathy for the whole world.
By including “beast,” he subtly undercuts the idealism of marriage: beneath the romance, it’s still driven by physical, natural forces.

Question 6

the horses were restless,

Answer 6

symbolise both sexual energy and uncontrollable emotion — the same forces moving within the bride.

Question 7

“Now in the day

Answer 7

Shift in time and tone: a new perspective

Question 8

sun by the wind’s blowing.”

Answer 8

The natural world dominates: “wind’s blowing” controls everything. The force of nature, once disruptive, now seems vital as it gives structure to her thoughts.

The phrase evokes the messiness of emotion, now exposed and alive under the sun.