=1.= “Somewhere about the forks as like as not;
=2.= And there’ll be hunks of fresh meat steaming hot,
=3.= And fighting stories by a dying fire!”
Why does Jamie talk to himself?
=4.= The sunset reared a luminous phantom spire
=5.= That, crumbling, sifted ashes down the sky.
What is the effect of these two lines?
=8.= And in the vast denial of the hush
=9.= The champing of the snaffled horse seemed loud.
What is the effect of these two lines? What is the “vast
denial”?
Why mention “the champing of the horse”? Pages 9 and 10 are used
to induce in the reader a sense of extreme loneliness.
Where is the climax? What devices have been employed for the
purpose?
=17.= The laggard air was like a voice that sang,
Why is the air now as a voice that sings rather than drowsy and
weird?
=18.= And Jamie half believed he sniffed the tang
=19.= Of woodsmoke and the smell of flesh a-roast;
These lines indicate the lad’s eagerness.