The poem "Night Wind" is an attempt by author Christopher Dewdney to illustrate to readers a scene of the impact of the wind on the speaker on a particularly breezy night. Dewdney mainly focuses on the endlessness and strength of the wind as it overpowers and absorbs the speaker. However, the choice in the construction of "Night Wind" has an apparent lack of thought, and therefore fails to arise much interests from readers. There are few effective devises used by Dewdney in the poem, which does not perforate a superficial level, but rather Dewdney succeeds in perplexing readers as the poem progressively becomes less comprehensible and more disappointing.

Dewdney's first poor choice can be seen within the title and the initial line of the poem. When looked at, any mystique created by the title of "Night Wind" is immediately weakened as readers continue onto the first line and...