Analysis

• Powerful - "I heeded not summons"

  • This shows he’s so focused on nature he doesn’t want to leave.
  • almost like nature has hypnotised him
  • implies he’s forgotten about his house and any bad memories for home, which suggests nature has to power to make people forget their bad memories
• Fear - "orange sky of evening died away"

  • Shows he’s scared of nature ending/disappearing
  • shows how much nature means to him
  • verb ‘died’ suggests that nature could disappear completely (if humans keep destroying it, as mentioned earlier)
• Strong emotion - "it was, indeed, for all of us; to me"

  • nature brings him feeling of comfort and happiness
  • suggests nature is important to everyone in some way
  • the pronoun ‘me’ suggests it's special for him as his house is empty and cold
• Fascination - "sun was set, and visible for many a mile"

  • shows he sees nature everywhere, and it is always with him
  • this could link to the fact that he father was never present and his mother died at a young age, so he found comfort in nature
  • could also imply that he sees a bright future
  • sun is his hope
• Circle of life - "Pack loud bellowing, and the hunted hare"

  • the children are reenacting killing a hare
  • Shows the children are sued to death, it's nothing new for them
  • adjective ‘loud’ shows that the children are carefree