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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
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Hello,
Do you hear the cry as the pack goes by?
The wind-wolves hunting across the sky?
Hear them tongue it, keen and clear,
Hot on the flanks of the flying deer!
Across the forest, mere, and plain,
Their hunting howl goes up again!
All night they’ll follow the ghostly trail,
All night we’ll hear their phantom wail,
For tonight the wind-wolf pack holds sway
From Pegasus Square to the Milky Way,
And the frightened bands of cloud-deer flee
In scattered groups of two and three.
What is the meaning of the lines in bold?
Do you hear the cry as the pack goes by?
The wind-wolves hunting across the sky?
Hear them tongue it, keen and clear,
Hot on the flanks of the flying deer!
Across the forest, mere, and plain,
Their hunting howl goes up again!
All night they’ll follow the ghostly trail,
All night we’ll hear their phantom wail,
For tonight the wind-wolf pack holds sway
From Pegasus Square to the Milky Way,
And the frightened bands of cloud-deer flee
In scattered groups of two and three.
What is the meaning of the lines in bold?
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Hi, Overall, it's a poem where the image is that of wolves hunting deer across the sky. Can you try to tell us what your understanding is of each line in question, and then we can comment for you? For example, All night we’ll hear their phantom wail .
- Hi, Overall, it's a poem where the image is that of wolves hunting deer across the sky.
- Can you try to tell us what your understanding is of each line in question, and then we can comment for you?
- For example, All night we’ll hear their phantom wail .
- Have you ever heard a wolf, or even a dog, cry out in the night?
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
Overall, it's a poem where the image is that of wolves hunting deer across the sky. Can you try to tell us what your understanding is of each line in question, and then we can comment for you?
For example, All night we’ll hear their phantom wail . .
Have you ever heard a wolf, or even a dog, cry out in the night?
Best wishes, Clive
Overall, it's a poem where the image is that of wolves hunting deer across the sky. Can you try to tell us what your understanding is of each line in question, and then we can comment for you?
For example, All night we’ll hear their phantom wail . .
Have you ever heard a wolf, or even a dog, cry out in the night?
Best wishes, Clive
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Hello,
Do you hear the cry as the pack goes by?
The wind-wolves hunting across the sky? (1)
Hear them tongue it, keen and clear,
Hot on the flanks of the flying deer! (2)
Across the forest, mere, and plain,
Their hunting howl goes up again!
All night they’ll follow the ghostly trail, (3)
All night w
Do you hear the cry as the pack goes by?
The wind-wolves hunting across the sky? (1)
Hear them tongue it, keen and clear,
Hot on the flanks of the flying deer! (2)
Across the forest, mere, and plain,
Their hunting howl goes up again!
All night they’ll follow the ghostly trail, (3)
All night w
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Hi,
Basically OK.
All night they’ll follow the ghostly trail, (3)
for(3) no idea.
All night, the wind will blow across the sky, like the 'wolves' are following the deer''s trail across the sky.
Best wishes, Clive
Basically OK.
All night they’ll follow the ghostly trail, (3)
for(3) no idea.
All night, the wind will blow across the sky, like the 'wolves' are following the deer''s trail across the sky.
Best wishes, Clive
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Hello, Mr Clive.
Thanks for giving your valuable thoughts.
One thing I want to know that
"wind-wolves" = wind that is compared with wolves
cloud-deer = cloud that is compared with deer.
Are both metaphoric example?
Thanks for giving your valuable thoughts.
One thing I want to know that
"wind-wolves" = wind that is compared with wolves
cloud-deer = cloud that is compared with deer.
Are both metaphoric example?
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0 The poem is a lyrical comparison of wind to a pack of wolves. Just as you see a pack of wolves hot on the heels of a deer, similarly you can find the wind hunting for the clouds. 02 br
00 The sound of wind blowing remind you of the collective howl of the wolves. 02 br
00 As the wind blows across the forest, lakes and plains, its noise building up gradually it chases relent
00 The sound of wind blowing remind you of the collective howl of the wolves. 02 br
00 As the wind blows across the forest, lakes and plains, its noise building up gradually it chases relent
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The poem is a lyrical comparison of wind to a pack of wolves. Just as you see a pack of wolves hot on the heels of a deer, similarly you can find the wind hunting for the clouds.
The sound of wind blowing remind you of the collective howl of the wolves.
As the wind blows across the forest, lakes and plains, its noise building up gradually it chases relentelesly the trail of fleeing cl
The sound of wind blowing remind you of the collective howl of the wolves.
As the wind blows across the forest, lakes and plains, its noise building up gradually it chases relentelesly the trail of fleeing cl
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The poem employs the imagery of wolves pursuing deer to dramatize the wind blowing clouds through the night sky. The wailing of the wind - especially the winter wind - has often been compared to the howling of wolves, in literature, but this poem is unique in using the imagery of the sky as the hunting-ground, and clouds as the "prey." "Hot on the flanks," incidentally, is a reference to the hot
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