The Forge

Question 1

Quote portraying the mystique of the art of poetry and the dark place a poet must go to write poetry

Answer 1

All I know is a door into the dark

Question 2

The poet/blacksmith remembers a time when he was a more essential figure to society

Answer 2

recalls a clatter of hoofs where traffic is flashing in rows

Question 3

Creativity is unpredictable

Answer 3

Unpredictable fantail of sparks

Question 4

Defiance - work must go on

Answer 4

grunts and goes in

Question 5

Creativity is hard work

Answer 5

• To beat real iron out, to work the bellows
• an altar/Where he expends himself in shape and music

Question 6

Simile comparing the anvil with myth and imagination

Answer 6

Horned as a unicorn

Question 7

The blacksmith/poet is no longer needed in the creation of many things

Answer 7

old axles and iron hoops rusting

Question 8

Sounds coming from the forge

Answer 8

• short-pitched ring
• hiss