STEPHENH GILL ON HIS WRITING: Feature 25: treatment of wind in Stephen Gill’s poetry

The question about wind as a symbol in Stephen Gill’s poetry was asked by Professor Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi in 2004 during an interview that appeared in The Atlantic Literary Review.  Dr. Sarangi, a professor and prominent literary critic from India, has authored several literary studies. This feature 25, along with other features, will appear in Stephen Gill’s book My Literary Conversations.  Stephen Gill discovered that his treatment of the wind had something to do with his room where he slept in 1980’s. It is upstairs. There he heard the birds welcoming another dawn; the rains striking against the windowpane producing a sonata; the winds growling and singing, mixed with others. Among these sounds, the most sensuous ones were those of the winds and the rains, appearing in their different moods and tones. At one time, they produced lullaby; at another, they transported him to a solitary guesthouse with a maiden in full bloom. This guesthouse was a type of bungalow that one would rent at a hill-station during summer in tropical countries. Jungles and hills surrounded it. Wild animals shouted and shrieked and ferocious gales beat their heads against the doors, while inside they relaxed by a fireside. Several of Stephen Gill’s poems were written under the canopy of …https://www.writerslifeline.ca/twiter-sarangi-wind-25.pdf