In line one of “A deer leaps highest when wounded means” it sets up what is happening in the poem, a deer is hurt and is jumping in the sky. This is said by a hunter to a traveler who describes how it goes. The next stanza explains how the deer looks, gushing blood and the trampled steels. In the 3rd stanza the deer does not know it is wounded until someone tells it is wounded.
In “A WOUNDED deer leaps highest”, Emily uses the word “wounded” in a strange way. The meaning of wounded in the poem is straightforward at first until you take a deeper look. Wounded is related to death in line 3, after this line the poem describes the deer dying. This can be confirmed in line 5 where it says “The smitten rock that gushes,” which describes the deer
In “A WOUNDED deer leaps highest”, Emily uses the word “wounded” in a strange way. The meaning of wounded in the poem is straightforward at first until you take a deeper look. Wounded is related to death in line 3, after this line the poem describes the deer dying. This can be confirmed in line 5 where it says “The smitten rock that gushes,” which describes the deer