Bereft

     The word bereft means lacking and while the speaker appears to be have, "no one left but God" he describes being surrounded by nature that has taken an expressive life. The notion of being alone often conjures quiet and uneventful images but the language and diction of the poem feels very animate. Objects found in nature are given aggressive descriptions compared to their connotative images. Wind is described as having a 'deep roar', clouds are massing in the sky, sounding heavy instead of buoyant.  Leaves hiss and strike in an unfamiliar manner. These gloomy descriptions create a sense of uncertainty and that things have changed in the perspective of the speaker. This feeling is exemplified by the last lines, which break the rhyme structure and punctuate the perception of ambiguity and loneliness.