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5. Sickened with torture he lay huddled there.
Note the vividness of such words as, “sickened,” “torture,” “huddled,” which appeal both to muscular sense and to sight.
7. Proportioned to the might that felt the chain.
Explain.
10. That vacancy about him like a wall, etc.
The power of that which yields and yet restrains suggests the sense of helplessness that came to Hugh. This feeling is often brought out in the later portions of the poem.
20. Grimly amused, he raised his head, etc.
What was the effect of “the empty distance” and “the twitter of a lonely bird” on Hugh? Why question whether there was something wrong?
Define: collusive, bleak.