Poem Analysis: Winter Imagery

The winter imagery poem I chose that I felt captures the essence of Canadian winters is called “An Ontario Poem”. This poem provides expressive words and vivid examples to provide the reality of Canadian winters. The first couple of stanzas explains just how vigorously the wind blows also showing the reality of just how cold it really gets. It portrays this by stating “...and the gentle breezes blow at seventy-five miles an hour at thirty-five below”. The following four lines discuss how we love the weather although in some situations it ends up being excessive. It gets to the point where, snow falls to where it is touching our backside, or also taking a whiff of the cold air “and your nostrils freeze shut”. Thus meaning the winter air is