The Company of Wolves

Question 1

Fear and flee the wolf; for, worst of all, the wolf may be more than he seems.

Answer 1

imperatives, alliteration, commas for parenthesis, fairy-tale - wolf in sheepskin, intriguing/dangerous

Question 2

If the benighted traveller spies those luminous, terrible sequins stitched suddenly on the black thickets, then he knows he must run, if fear has not struck him stock-still.

Answer 2

sibillance, oxymoron, alliteration, lexical choice of ‘spies’ is creepy, semantic field of unnatural and darkness

Question 3

A crisp strip of hair runs down his belly, his nipples are ripe and dark as poison fruit but he’s so thin you could count the ribs under his skin if only he gave you the time.

Answer 3

Contrast between his well kept body - ‘crisp strip of hair’ and him being a wolf, simile, ‘poison fruit’ cohesive with other stories, he is hungry, top half = pleasant, bottom half = contrasted as unpleasant