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I'm confused with unknown for me verb form, which I faced on two sentences in a row. It looks like Verb (nai form) + れ or passive voice without ます/る.
The examples with the full context:
雲は流され 慌てふためき
風が招かれ 吹き荒れる
Can someone explain me what form is this, when does it used and what is the meaning of it? I tried to google this, but found nothing Т_т
Moreover, why there are different particles (は/が) on those two cases?
The verb is 流す（ながす）and there are two forms of the verb happening here.
The second verb is 招く（まねく）and if you've learned the other forms described above, you can figure out the rest.
As for は/が, those can be quite difficult and I would suggest reading more of the explanation of those differences online. (TLDR: my explanation would be long and probably not that great)
As for は/が, it's similar to difference of nuance between that/this.
If there's not particular requirement, the sentence would be enough with "(If something happens, then) 雲が流され慌てふためき 風が招かれ吹き荒れる" because they are new information.
Now, using は for 雲 is like scooping it out from the rest of the sentence and it can give a rhetorical effect of conveying a sense of distance, which is kind of like use of "that" opposed to "this".
