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When the Wind Blows is a allusion to the children's nursery thyme "Rock-a-bye Baby" [1]: Rock-a-bye baby On the tree tops, When the wind blows,
by andyjohnson0 8y ago
When the Wind Blows is a allusion to the children's nursery thyme "Rock-a-bye Baby" [1]:
Rock-a-bye baby
On the tree tops,
When the wind blows,
The cradle will rock
When the bough breaks,
The cradle will fall,
and down will come Baby,
Cradle and all.
In the context of Brigg's book/film, its seems clear that the bough (tree branch) that breaks is the disaster of nuclear war and the cradle/baby is us/civilisation falling down. I guess that a child-like reference emphasises the horror of the subject by way of contrast.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-a-bye_Baby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock-a-bye_Baby