DROUGHT

The poem "DROUGHT" is a poem by Joan Mitchell. The poem describes what a drought is like. Joan Mitchell uses metaphors and imagery to describe a drought.

The poem has fifteen stanzas and it is free verse. The poem also has metaphors. Also, it has lots of details that make a lot of imagery.The poem describes the drought by showing how trees look and what animals and insects look like. For example, the first stanza says that there is a black widow flashing its hour glass. That stanza describes the spider by using a metaphor. The poem also has no ryhme scheme. In lines 9 and 20, the last words are slow and snow but are too far apart to count. The poem is full of imagery. I could feel the powerful wind when the author said the wind wears the trees to the bone. Also the fire mentioned must be huge since the author had confused them for clouds.

This poem shows how a drought is, how dry and how it feels like. With the metaphors, you can feel the wind and heat of the drought.