# The Wind — Poetry character guide > The Wind in Poetry by George MacDonald. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Wind, The Wind **First appearance:** 0381-the-lark-and-the-wind ## Snapshot A personified force that drifts down valleys, shatters on mountain rocks, and carries the soul's widening out into the holy world. ## Who they are The Wind moves through these poems as companion and messenger, sweeping the trailing garments of the sun and bearing each harebell's hum and odour up to the waiting soul. It is both gentle stream-god and wild night that clasps faces and makes them gone, a tension between tender moisture and the driving storm. It matters because its voice teaches the reader to hold the great earth as a perfect gift, richer a thousandfold than broad lands owned. ## In the story ### [A Gift](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/a-gift) Grey-robed wind swinging censers of blossom-heaps. ### [The Tree’s Prayer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/the-tree-s-prayer) The wind is described as singing a wintry tune and tossing the tree all night. ### [Songs of the Summer Nights](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/songs-of-the-summer-nights) The wind is personified as a dreary, homeless wanderer, then as a sweet breath. ### [Songs of the Spring Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/songs-of-the-spring-days) The gentle wind of western birth that wakes daisies and hopes, symbolizing the arrival of spring and spiritual renewal. ### [Rejoice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/rejoice) Calls man to rejoice, offering freedom and an ancient song. ### [Wild Flowers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/wild-flowers) Addressed as 'Sweet Wind' by the anemone, to whom the flower yields itself. ### [Professor Noctutus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/professor-noctutus) The wind is observed carrying dreams in his hat, shaking them out as he goes, and they rush into men's noses. ### [Little Boy Blue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/little-boy-blue) Responds to Little Boy Blue's summons and later returns to its own path. ### [The Haunted House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/the-haunted-house) Called upon to sweep and blow away the ghastly house and phantom. ### [No Sign](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/no-sign) Mentioned as a medium through which the speaker hopes to hear a word of grace. ### [To a February Primrose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/to-a-february-primrose) The wind that cometh for the primrose's death. ### [Oh That a Wind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/oh-that-a-wind) Implored to call from the leafless wood, representing a longed-for voice or divine presence. ### [The Wind of the World](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/the-wind-of-the-world) The Night-wind bold, personified as a force of winter and time. ### [After the Fashion of an Old Emblem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/after-the-fashion-of-an-old-emblem) Addressed as 'blessed wind,' the driving force that turns the windmill and enables the drill's work. ### [When the Storm Was Proudest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/when-the-storm-was-proudest) The wind is loudest during the storm, contributing to the tumultuous setting. ### [To a Thunder-Cloud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/to-a-thunder-cloud) The wind from the west that will rend the cloud asunder. ### [The Moon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/the-moon) Addressed as 'little winds' called to hold the moon and blow the shining leaves. ### [A Year Song](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/a-year-song) The wind is personified as a presence that sighs, rustles, and speaks gently through the woods. ### [Sunday, December 28, 1879](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/sunday-december-28-1879) The south-west wind raves in the pines, contributing to the stormy atmosphere. ### [The Wind and the Moon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/the-wind-and-the-moon) The Wind is the primary antagonist, attempting to extinguish the Moon through force and bluster. ### [The Foolish Harebell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/the-foolish-harebell) Pitiful and gentle, tries to cool the harebell but is rebuffed. ### [A Song for Christmas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/a-song-for-christmas) The wind is personified, first moaning and complaining of life's bareness, then caught in the organ as a soaring prayer. ### [The Lark and the Wind](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/the-lark-and-the-wind) The wind moans sadly on the earth, lamenting the world's groaning. ### [No End of No-Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/chapters/no-end-of-no-story) The wind is an active force that blows life, tosses swallows, waves grass, and bakes nests. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/characters/the_wind - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_8_se/characters