This document analyzes the poem "The Sound of Night" by Maxine Kumin. It discusses how the poem creates an uneasy atmosphere through the harsh diction used to describe unpleasant nighttime sounds that keep the speaker and their companions awake. It also analyzes how referring to an unknown "we" adds to the sense of fear, and how the structure of beginning the first two stanzas with "And now" immerses the reader in the moment of trembling fear along with the campers.