Question

Describe the effect of the moonlight on the dog

Answer 1

While many lunacies associated with the moon remain largely myth, some strange patterns of animal behavior have, indeed, been linked to the lunar cycle. A variety of rationalizations explain these effects: A full moon can provide a time cue for synchronized events, facilitate visual communication in the nighttime, or just scare normally night-active nocturnal animals into the shadows. Here are six of the most unexpected ways the moon affects animal behavior.

Answer 2

The readers instantly feel soothed by the moon's gleam. So that's basically the purpose of the poem. ... As the moon comes over the sky of human settlements below, slowly by slowly and one by one the the windows of the houses are touched by the silver beams of the moon. Inside the kennel, the dog is lying down like a log.