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Literary analysis:

Throughout literary history, "storm" has been adapted as both a literal and metaphorical force to enhance narrative impact. It often describes violent natural disturbances—a heavy snow-storm that blocks everything ([1]) or a fierce tempest that shakes houses ([2])—while simultaneously conveying inner emotional turmoil, as when a character succumbs to a storm of tears ([3]) or jealousy ([4]). Authors extend its symbolism further by likening it to social or political upheaval, such as a storm of shouts marking a dramatic stage entrance ([5]) or a tumultuous tide of events in history ([6], [7]). Moreover, "storm" appears in mythic and divine contexts, representing the wrath or power of deities ([8]) and the overwhelming forces of nature itself ([9]).

A heavy snow-storm blocking up everything, and keeping us in.
— from Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman
In the evening a fierce storm, with thunder and lightning and rain, swept down upon the house and shook it.
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore
I hid my face in my hands, fell on my bed and broke into a storm of tears.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Ethan was ashamed of the storm of jealousy in his breast.
— from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
At the close of the act, amid a storm of shouts, I led forward my singers on to the stage for the customary bows of thanks.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner
New York remained, throughout, the storm-centre of excitement.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
forty years of privation, and peril, and storm-time!
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Indra, generally represented as surrounded by the Maruts or Storm-Gods.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki
storm, storming; boarding, escalade[obs3]; siege, investment, obsession|!, bombardment, cannonade.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

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