Female Perspective: Margaret Cavendish
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“The Hunting of the Hare” (1653)
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[EG15] "acclamation" an enthusiastic approval or strong praise towards something or someone
[TK45] “bough” in line 32 is a large branch of a tree [HG44] (line 4]- Obliquely- indirectly [SH46] wat - rabbit [SH47] champaign - A stretch of level and open country; a plain [RD43] Dogs were often used in hunting during the 17th Century. It was their job to find and subdue the animal that was being hunted while the hunters followed behind [RD44] In the context Cavendish is comparing the dogs’ voices to a group of singers or consort [RD45] Tyrannize- rule cruelly |