Analyze the poem Silences by E.J. Pratt?

Answer 1

Silences by E. J. Pratt is an interwar poem that describes the deeper amount of coldness, if not cruelty, of silent aquatic killings, compared to terrestrial animals' amateurishly wasted energy of vocal boisterous aggression. Placing the poem in time, following World War I and seeing the rise of Nazi Germany and its impact to the British Empire (Pratt was Canadian), the poet's sensitivity to cold, impersonal killings and the cruel dehumanization involved (the poet observes that as the life forms get less advanced, the slaying becomes more so) is understandable. Also, alienation and distrust are characteristic of economically disparate times, despite the continued expectation of socially decent politeness. This reality is observed through the extremely meaningful silent passing between the cat and the dog.