Death Of Naturalists

Question 1

All year the falx-dam festered

Answer 1

Language associated with decay indicates the way the narrator becomes repulsed by nature

Question 2

Bubbles gargled delicately

Answer 2

Oxymoron shows childish enjoyment of something disgusting

Question 3

The daddy frog

Answer 3

Word ‘daddy’ shows the childish behaviour and how the poet used to view things when younger

Question 4

Then one hot day when fileds were rank

Answer 4

Shows that nature hasn’t changed from stanza 1, just the plots opinions on nature has

Question 5

Invaded the flax-dam

Answer 5

Military language makes it seem like the frogs are threatening

Question 6

Poised like mud grenades

Answer 6

Simile suggests frogs are going to explode, shows how frightening the reader found them