A Poet's Autobiography

In Hugo's poems, he represents himself through his environment. I found the poem "No Bells to Believe" very interesting, especially after reading the trains of thought that went into it. The tone of the poem seems to be drawn from the stereotypical Washington weather. "The wild rain rings... You must accept the ringing like the day."
Hugo seems to be saying that, just as life in Seattle doesn't stop for the rain, if you come upon troubled times, you must accept them as you do the rising and the setting of the sun, and continue to move on. He uses the reference of Mad Sam's death as a foil for this. His watery grave was homage to the mother of the drowned Indian boy who called him home for dinner every night for years after he had died.