Consider Hughes' role as a poet. Consider his intentions and the effect he aims to have on the reader. In particular look at his treatment of nature.
             The role of poets, I think, is to use their poems to get a message or an idea across to the reader. Each poet gets his/her message across in different ways. Hughes uses writing techniques for effect and powerful words. Most of his poems deal with strong ideas but you have to stop and actually think about the words in his poems to find what he trying to get across. Your first assumptions can be accurate but usually when you stop and look at the poem again the message becomes clearer. Some of poems' meanings can be different depending on who's reading it. For example: Hughes' poem 'Ghost Crabs' could have many different messages because it deals with something we don't know how to explain and don't have a name for. Other poems, like 'Wind', the idea that Hughes is trying to get across is quite clear.
             The poem 'Wind' deals with the idea that the force of nature intimidates human beings, that humans can be controlled by Nature. Nature is so strong (i.e. wind) that 'we grip our hearts'. Hughes sees Nature as a huge force that can shape how we act and how we exist. He almost personifies Nature in some of his poems.
             Hughes uses various writing techniques for effect as well as words. His poems are unconventional in their layout. The punctuation that he uses also has effect in the way he uses it. He uses blunt forceful words to get across the idea of the power of Nature. The words are short and clipped as if like commands. He uses words like 'crashing, stampeding' and 'booming' to describe the Nature in the form of wind. It is aloes quite effective that he is writing in the third person, almost as if he was looking in on these small insignificant people and their fears.
             He uses alliteration...