Response for “Storm Warning” by Adrienne Rich I chose the poem "Storm Warnings," by Adrienne Rich because I find her poems are sometimes personally relatable. Although, Rich tends to use many metaphors and literal meanings throughout her poems to convey her ideas it is easy to understand what it is she is trying to express. This poem is rather short and is written in four stanzas with twenty-eight lines in total it uses every line to convey the speaker’s thoughts. Although the speaker is talking about a “literal” storm, what she is really talking about are her internal and emotional struggles or conflicts. In the first stanza, the speaker is aware of the impending storm because of “the glass falling all afternoon” (Rich, Line 1) and she is preparing for a storm to approach when she states that she “leave the book upon a pillowed chair / And walk from window to closed window” (5-6). This stanza helps the reader understand how the speaker begins her comparisons of the literal storm to the “emotional” storm she herself is experiencing at that moment. Rich uses the second stanza to convey to the reader from where the storm is approaching and that it does not much matter because whether or not it was forecasted or predicted; the storm will still come even when unexpected. The speaker states, “And weather in the heart alike come on / Regardless of prediction” (13-14) which conveys to the reader that the speaker is referring the internal conflicts she is feeling. Just as weather is unpredictable, so can the pain and the hurt you feel inside. You never know when there will be something that stirs up a memory or a difficult time in your life. The third stanza, shows that as the storm gets more intense the speaker finally realizes that she is ready to face her conflicts because there is no point in trying to turn away as “averting change / Lies all the mastery of