The Bull Moose

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The title The Bull Moose is an interesting title to use. Bulls are known to be rough and strong which could be a reference to the moose’s strength and/or characteristics. The moose is animal that symbolizes old age, which can be inferred the protagonist in the poem is old. The word “Bull” is the term to describe a male moose; the author probably used the word Bull instead of male to emphasize strength and masculinity. Moose is commonly hunted as game. In this poem there may be a connection between man and animal. Bull riding is also a sport which includes the participation of man, therefore man can possibly related (again) to animal. In Greece the bull and other animals are identified with deities. One can infer that the Bull Moose may some how be related as “godlike”.

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• The point of view written in is Objective. It shows an objective, unbiased point of view of the characters in the story including the bull moose, a crowd and the wardens.

• The Bull Moose is described as “scenting the musk of death, seeing his great head/ like a ritual mask of a blood go...

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