Heaney Quotes: The Skunk

Question 1

Up, ——— ———- and ————- like a ———— at a ———- mass, the ——— tail, ———- the skunk

Answer 1

Up, black striped and damasked like a chasuble at a funeral mass, the skunk’s tail, Paraded the skunk

Question 2

————— ———— into silence

Answer 2

Refrigerator whinnied into silence

Question 3

Small ——— in the ———- ——

Answer 3

Small oranges in the orange tree

Question 4

The —— ‘——‘ like a ——— ——-

Answer 4

The word ‘wife’ like a stored cask

Question 5

The beautiful ———— —— of —————-

Answer 5

The beautiful useless tang of eucalyptus

Question 6

———- of a ———— of wine was like———— you —- a —— ———-

Answer 6

Aftermath of a mouthful of wine was like inhaling you off a cold pillow

Question 7

———-, ————— skunk

Answer 7

Ordinary, mysterious skunk

Question 8

Your ————-, ———- hunt in a ———- ———- for the black, ————— nightdress

Answer 8

Your head-down, tail-up hunt in a bottom drawer for the black, plunge-line nightdress