The poem “Storm Warnings” uses concrete details to describe the connection between the characteristics of weather to the nature of the heart. Literal interpretations of the physical weather conditions link to the emotions of the heart. The organization of the poem is meant to describe the storm and to slowly reveal its connection to the human heart. In the first two stanzas, the reader is guided through the signs of the oncoming storm, finishing with …showed first 75 words of 279 total…

…showed last 75 words of 279 total…aperture.” (Line 25) Rough emotions of the heart are all too common for the author. The “troubled regions” in which she lives signifies not only the physical elements of the storm, but also the harsh spirit she has been forced to live with for the past years. She can only avoid these feelings by closing shutters and doors, but it always finds its direction to her. In time, the author learned to live with the storm.