2. Full Moon and Little Frieda A cool small evening shrunk to a dog bark and the clank of a bucket - And you listening. A spider's web, tense for the dew's touch. A pail lifted, still and brimming - mirror To tempt a first star to a tremor. Cows are going home in the lane there, lopping the hedges with their warm wreaths of breath - A dark river of blood, many boulders, Balancing unspilled milk. 'Moon!' you cry suddenly, 'Moon! Moon!' The moon has stepped back like an artist gazing amazed at a work That points at him amazed
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5. "tense for the dew's touch" shows how everything is still and waiting for something to happen. There is a moment of suspense, because even inanimate objects can sense something happening.
8. "A dark river of blood" is associated with death. The fact that there are "many boulders" suggest that it is difficult path for the cows to go home. It can also represent the rough times Hughes experienced before.
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10. When you say 'Full Moon' it is usually related to werewolves and werewolves are associated with lunatics. This shows how crazy Frieda's reaction is to the moon.
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12. The moon connotes purity, so the fact that it has stepped back suggests that Frieda's purity has gone.
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14. This shows that Frieda is the 'work' that is pointing back at the moon.
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16. "A spider's web, tense for the dew's touch" could mean that everyone around Frieda are all expecting this change, and the dew's touch symbolizes maturity.
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19. On the other hand, the moon can also represent Ted Hughes himself as it "stepped back like an artist gazing amazed at a work". It is like a parent who has watched his or her daughter grow into womanhood. It also shows that Ted Hughes is very fond of Frieda.
