the runaway by Robert Frost

Question 1

frost uses personification to

Answer 1

show the colt as having human features and feelings such as fear the horses actions is meant to make us empathise with the colt. the horse shows fear that we have as humans for the unknown

Question 2

frost uses an anaphora with the repetition of and

Answer 2

Frost uses this list to enhance a reader’s mental image of the colt and force one into an emotional response to the horse’s situation.

Question 3

At first, it seems pastoral and utterly peaceful. The animal comes close to them as if attempting to communicate. After , and realizing he is afraid, the tone changes from a contemplative one to something darker and more worrisome.

Answer 3

the speaker comes to understand the reality of the situation and feel pity for this young animal who does not have anyone to teach him about the world.

Question 4

Once when the snow of the year was beginning to fall,
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And snorted at us. And then he had to bolt.

Answer 4

In the first set of lines, the speaker begins by describing the setting. He, and those he is traveling with, were experiencing the first snowfall of the year. They stopped “by a mountain pasture.”

Question 5

[…] And then he had to bolt.

Answer 5

[…] And then he had to bolt.

This sudden movement is meant to be a surprise. The relative brevity of the line in comparison to the others as well as the use of the word “had” speak to the horse’s urgency.