Creation of Mood in “The Bull Moose” In his narrative poem, “The Bull Moose”, the poet, Alden Nowlan, presents us with his portrait of a bull moose whose final journey takes him from his familiar mountain environment to the entrapment of a “pole-fenced pasture”. It is within this setting that the moose, weakened by time and fatigue, is teased, tormented and eventually killed by the local townspeople. Throughout the poem, the mood or feeling changes …showed first 75 words of 861 total…

…showed last 75 words of 861 total…Nowan does successfully do this through his writing. The intense images of setting, the religious images and the images of the cruelty experienced by the moose contribute greatly to the moods felt during a thorough study of the poem, “The Bull Moose.” Through his use of imagery, the poem comes alive with a variety of moods that hold the readers attention and cause them to be entranced by the vividness of the poem. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**