The Western Wind

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Both simplified and distorted versions of this poem have been printed over the past many years. These include both tampered and accurately modernized versions. For example William Chappell inserted 'O' at the start of the poem and replaced the word 'Cryst' with 'Oh' in his 1859 version. The latter was probably done to make it a safe reading for women and children in the 19th century context. He also included 'doth' between 'down' and 'rayne' based on his probable interpretation that the wind did blow the rain away. Some modernization of spellings was done by other editors to make the poem accessible for modern reading. [2] In popular culture [ edit ] Jessica Kiang from Variety gave the film a positive review, writing, " The Wind doesn't seek to make infallible heroes of its women, but to understand and empathize with even their most unforgivable acts. And it's a hugely promising debut in terms of Tammi's steady, assured directorial craft." [9] Jordan Mintzer from The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a mostly positive review, writing, "Well-shot and edited, with a script that keeps you guessing for a certain stretch of time, The Wind doesn't quite sustain the tension through the final reel, resorting to eye-rolling scare tactics that go from serious to way too silly. Nonetheless, it's refreshing to see such an original stab at this type of indie genre-bender, especially one told from a strictly female point of view." [10] Promotional video game [ edit ] Father John Reve tells us the story from his vantage point as guardian of the parish's souls. Oakham is in a difficult spot with the death of Newman - who owned much of the land in the village - because the neighboring monks are looking over at Oakham's land and the village's natural protector, the bishop, is in jail. This puts some pressure on Reve to find out the exact cause of Newman's death, though he's also dealing with his feelings about his sister, who's moved out after getting married. And Reve and Newman were friends, with Newman a worldly man who thinks that one might be able to speak to God without the intervention of a priest (nearly heretical), and Reve the religious foil who's trying to bridge the gap between leading the village spiritually and in matters of business. If the role of the priest is to lead the parish, then shouldn't he be trying to improve their lot, too? A quiet, serious story set in 1491, the year Henry VIII was born, of conscience, guilt, desire, and the struggles between religion and superstition, the body and flesh. Harvey sets her tale in the run-up to Lent, and tells it through the voice of a village priest and confessor, privy to the secrets of his congregation but keeping his own to the last. With the machinations of church men and the shade of the nearby monastery foreshadowing events we know will come in the next 40 or so years, this is aware of history in a subtle way.

Harvey evokes the darkness of both winter and spirit with stark yet lovely imagery… This compulsively readable portrait of doubt and faith reveals, in small lives, humanity’s biggest questions.”— Booklist (starred review) Royal Appendix MS 58". British Library Digitised Manuscripts. British Library . Retrieved 19 April 2021. The version used by the three Mass composers can only be inferred by what they put into their Masses. In programme notes (see below), Peter Phillips offers the following reconstruction: The Westron wynde writer, then, is looking forward to milder times in spring, and is therefore probably set in the previous season, winter.

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This is in some ways an allegorical tale, with the characters standing for symbolical figures, and events as symbols of change. Hence there is Newman, a relative newcomer to the village the bringer of change as he gradually bought land off Townshend, the lord of the manor, now impoverished. Does this make him a suspect for Newman’s death? Interestingly, the fact that your poem mentions "my love" is interesting, because Zephyr was also related to love. As mentioned above, he served Cupid, and this was because Zephyr loved Hyacinth, and so did Apollo, but Hyacinth chose Apollo, so in a fit of jealousy when Zephyr saw the two together playing with a discus, Zephyr caused the wind to blow at the discus, which ended up hitting Hyacinth in the head and killing him (stories vary, but some believe Zephyr intended the discus to hit Apollo in the head, not Hyacinth). Apollo was furious but Cupid took him under his protection because the act was out of love. But this is not always exactly what appears in the Masses; thus the New Grove quotes the following sequence from Taverner's Mass: [ citation needed] "Western Wind" Taverner's version His conversations with those coming to confess – although often for trivial sins or even to boast of their misdemeanors – Reve having been possibly the first person in England to adopt the idea of a confessional box (the idea taken from Italy) rather than confession being both face to face and largely in public; When a wind comes from the east rather than the west as he’d prayed for, Reve thinks: “Maybe he hadn’t heard the whole prayer, busy as he was; and maybe I hadn’t asked clearly enough, or maybe I’d been over-clear and asked for too much” (p. 27). What sort of God does Reve believe in? Is he close or remote? Merciful or punishing? Does Reve trust in his faith or does he doubt? Reve tells his parish that God judges not their actions but their intentions. What intentions of Reve’s might come in for God’s judgment? When Reve wonders how long Newman would have had to look at St Christopher’s image to be saved, the dean tells him: “ The eyes must have their fill, is all the manual says,” and Reve asks, “But what’s their fill?” (p. 259). Does such instruction seem at odds with the mystery of what’s become of Newman’s soul? Compare this with Reve’s attitude toward Sarah’s pilgrimage to St Katherine’s shrine.

George Oppen alludes to the poem in "O Western Wind" (1962),"The Little Pin: Fragment" (1975) and "Disasters" (1976). Westron Wynde was put to music by Igor Stravinsky as a movement ( Westron Wind) of his Cantata (1952). [ citation needed]

Miska, Brad (August 9, 2018). "TIFF Reveals Full Midnight Madness Program, Which Includes 'The Wind', 'Nekrotronic', 'In Fabric', 'Predator' and 'Halloween'! [Images]". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved August 10, 2018. Reve needs to seek out the culprit by use of his confessional box. But it is difficult when more than one person confesses. And from others the confession amounts to: I was reading some poetry and I stumbled upon the four-line 'Western Wind' by Anonymous, written in the 16th century: Dust and ashes though I am, I sleep the sleep of angels. Most nights nothing wakes me, not til I’m ready. But my sleep was ragged that night and pierced in the morning by someone calling to me in fear. A voice hissing, urgent, through the grille, “Father, are you in there?”