The poem Aids To The Wind uses a blue tone to narrow a story of the author's friend's death. It depicts how AIDS destroyed a life as wind put out a fire.

In the opening three lines, "It was the fire and smoke of his bravado, that allowed him to storm in and hold court of his audience," the writer characterizes a brave and confident man who was strong and healthy; he could handle all difficulties in his life. But the writer continues, saying that is only a "feigned bravado" "Could not hold back the wind." That means because of AIDS, he could not do anything.

The second paragraph is saying as the time went on, the patient's condition became more and more serious. "This phantom rushed in." Here, "phantom" is an image of AIDS. His families did their best to take care of him. AIDS affected not only himself but also h

The fourth paragraph expounds about how AIDS destroyed his whole life-his mind, his outlook and his body. The prom says, "This wind reduced to rubble his once disarming smile wrenched his strong, black comeliness, and caused a rumble the shook his being, and a fire that caused a boil in his blood." Here, the wind and fire refers to aids.

Then, the author uses imagery to elaborate on the death. "A rapier was this chilly north wind, slashing, turning his insides out." "A rapier" represents the reason of his death. "Wind" refers to AIDS.

Beside the images used, I also note the wording in the poem. For the first five paragraphs, the writer uses some violent words and phases, such as fire, storm, rush, slashing, and struck down. Through these words, the reader can picture the battle between the patient and the disease. Then, the author uses the soft words in

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Approximate Word count = 583
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)