Question

In what way does the poet feel close to the donkey in the poem nicholad nye

Answer 1

connection between the speaker and donkey is revealed when the speaker describes the donkey as seeming to smile at him. He has spent 20 years of his age with this donkey.  Due to their mutual old age and loneliness, both the donkey and speaker are able to feel empathy for each other, a feeling the theme of the poem