The writer then uses personification in “This wind is blowing my mind” – given the wind a humanlike quality because of the word “blowing” and also serves as an image to portray his state of mind by telling the audience that in the chilly weather is not affecting him physically, but mentally because he is greeted by the sight of “kids in the street, with not enough to eat”.
The writer first wears his “favourite winter coat”, turning “up the collar” as he leaves his home.
In the first verse, the writer begins by creating a winter setting by using visual imagery. It brings about questions such as, “What is the individual’s responsibility to society? Can we change the world by changing ourselves? What is the power of one person to create change?” The audience is in general subjective and perhaps not specific as the song is basically to inspire others to help themselves before they help others. the impoverished children in the streets) and how he desires and feels that to make a really major change, he must start with himself (the man in the mirror.) This song focuses on self-reflection and the inner struggle of one individual to become better, more upright and more moral. He speaks about how certain situations he has seen has really affected him (e.g. This song is about a man who resolves to (or is trying to alter his ways) before he starts changing the world.
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