... up to that point, where "the ponderous beast" (9) has been killed. The onomatopoeic effect with a "crack of a broken shaft" (10) creates an aural visualization of the cracking noise we would've heard when a knife is plunged into the horse. The automatic connotations that we associate with the word 'crack', is usually implied with negative actions; such ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate