The use of metaphor is often apt in literary works to futher portray a meaning or idea. Crawford's The Dark Stag carries a metaphor thoughout the
entire poem. The Author uses this literary strategy to give the poem character and personification. Throughout the poem the author compares the following
things, using a continuous metaphor. The extended metaphor carried throughout the poem is a hunter, represented as the sun or dawn, his dark stag
representing dusk and the moon being represented by the doe.
The representation of the hunter to the sun is conveyed through subtle references throughout the poem. F
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