Porphyria's Lover Power Quotes Page 1

The power of the storm is personified in the opening lines of the poem. It's important to remember, though, that the poem is written from the point of view of a very unstable mind.

Despite the awesome power of the storm, Porphyria seems to be able to "shut [it] out" almost without effort.

Love, as we've seen, is figured in terms of freedom and constraint. Porphyria's "weak[ness]" here suggests that she's neither as powerful nor as free as she seemed at the beginning of the poem.