Gentling a wildcat
Gentling a wildcat
Douglas livingstone- port shepston. Wildlife poet.
Wildcat-larger than a domestic cat, ferocious and has stripes on its face.
First stanza-
Leonine much like a lion
Feels confident walking through the night
Tells us that he is a game ranger
Second stanza-
Trepidations- fears
Pulled by an impulse and takes a torch with him into the dark.
Self deprecation, he admits that he gets himself into trouble, one will tend to like him because he admits faults and doesn’t try to hide them.
Third stanza-
Notices that the leaves have stopped moving
Her lower viscera is missing(insides) truncated is broken or shortened
The jackals have only half eaten it’s intestines and they are sticking out
Fourth stanza
Cat is in agony, it is struggling to breathe and is breathing heavily
Jutting is retractable, cats can stick their claws in and out but this cat is under so much pain that its claws are permanently sticking out and have jackal meat on them this shows that it tried to fight back.
This cat is trying to get up in this agony, it is ready to strike back it him, even in such pain it is ready to defend itself
Fifth stanza
Beautiful description, plump cheeks
Game- ready to attack him
Hooked- shows that she is filled with rage and is terrified, it reminds us of its claws
He is wondering if he can go up to her, but he remembers that wild cats are difficult to tame.
Sixth stanza
He notices a little kitten, the only kitten that survived, the other kittens died because the jackals attacked her while she was giving birth.
Trappings of birth- sac that covers a new kitten
The cat cant clean up her own kitten because she is in too much pain
Mid confinement- pregnancy
Jackals are semi scavengers, they are afraid of wildcats and only attack them when they are pregnant because they are vulnerable and thats when they have gathered enough courage to attack such a ferocious animal.
Seventh stanza
Self deprecation; he is also a coward, because he is not brave enough to pick
Douglas livingstone- port shepston. Wildlife poet.
Wildcat-larger than a domestic cat, ferocious and has stripes on its face.
First stanza-
Leonine much like a lion
Feels confident walking through the night
Tells us that he is a game ranger
Second stanza-
Trepidations- fears
Pulled by an impulse and takes a torch with him into the dark.
Self deprecation, he admits that he gets himself into trouble, one will tend to like him because he admits faults and doesn’t try to hide them.
Third stanza-
Notices that the leaves have stopped moving
Her lower viscera is missing(insides) truncated is broken or shortened
The jackals have only half eaten it’s intestines and they are sticking out
Fourth stanza
Cat is in agony, it is struggling to breathe and is breathing heavily
Jutting is retractable, cats can stick their claws in and out but this cat is under so much pain that its claws are permanently sticking out and have jackal meat on them this shows that it tried to fight back.
This cat is trying to get up in this agony, it is ready to strike back it him, even in such pain it is ready to defend itself
Fifth stanza
Beautiful description, plump cheeks
Game- ready to attack him
Hooked- shows that she is filled with rage and is terrified, it reminds us of its claws
He is wondering if he can go up to her, but he remembers that wild cats are difficult to tame.
Sixth stanza
He notices a little kitten, the only kitten that survived, the other kittens died because the jackals attacked her while she was giving birth.
Trappings of birth- sac that covers a new kitten
The cat cant clean up her own kitten because she is in too much pain
Mid confinement- pregnancy
Jackals are semi scavengers, they are afraid of wildcats and only attack them when they are pregnant because they are vulnerable and thats when they have gathered enough courage to attack such a ferocious animal.
Seventh stanza
Self deprecation; he is also a coward, because he is not brave enough to pick