A. Answer the questions in a few lines.
1. Where was the wolf headed? Describe the way the wolf moved as he travelled across thecity, referring to the verbs used to describe his walk.
2. Name and explain the figure of speech in the phrase 'ruby-crowned highrises'.
3. Which street does the wolf pass through? Compare and contrast the 'warrens' and
"highrises' the wolf
passes.
4. What passing mention does the poet make about the way the wolf looked?
5. What are the various words used to describe the cry of the wolf?
6. What do the wolf's movements and his cries indicate about his state of mind?
Answers
Answer:
1. The wolf, also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America
2. I'm not acquainted with the poem, but "highrises" are simply tall buildings, and "ruby-crowned" must be a metaphor referring to the tops of the buildings gleaming red (most likely at sunset)
3. the last wolf hurried toward me”, is a nervous way to start a poem. ... implied with my favorite image in the poem, “the few ruby-crowned highrises”. ... the connection between the elevator shafts and the rabbits (from “warrens”).
5. To howl is to make a long, sad, crying sound. You might howl every once in a while, but it's more common to hear wolves and dogs let loose and howl, especially in the presence of a full moon.
6. It seems as if the wold is hovering over the consciousness of this young child. Also, the poet showed how he used to feel haunted because of cries of wolves while he would sleep at night, when he was himself a child.
Answer:
1. the wolf was headed to the poets room. the wolf hurried across the ruined city . past the ruby crowned high rises passing the flicking red and green traffic lights and baying his way eastwards in the mystery of his wild loping gait
closer the sounds in the deadly night through the clutter of rubble of quiet blocks. to the empty room where the poet sat in her narrow bed looking west waiting . she heard him as he came at the door and watched how he snuffled.
4. passing mentioned in the poem is when he passes the red and green traffic light baying eastwards in the mystery of his loping gait .
Explanation:
refer to the poem and the verbs given in the poem it self