Roe-deer

Question 1

Context

Answer 1

• written in 1973
• originally written for children
• Different focus on other animal poems here he’s not writing about violent predators but I’m more mythic creature whose understanding of the universe causes the speaker envy 

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

Unrhymed couplets driven by a mixture of anapestic and spondaic metres

Question 3

Themes

Answer 3

Mystery of nature

Question 4

Techniques

Answer 4

-Anthropomorphism of the deer captures the Deers dreamlike quality of the Deers appearance
- neologisms “Dawn dirty snow screen blue dark” juxtaposition conflicting thoughts
-Constant juxtaposition of imagery light and dark
Repetition Dawn

Question 5

Tone

Answer 5

Envious