Woodsong | Literary Qualities
Writing about the woods and the animals, Paulsen uses imagery, metaphors, similes, and alliteration to create vivid descriptions. Hawk, the banty hen, "launches herself like a speckled red missile" as she attacks across the yard. When Paulsen is canoeing a river, he describes it as a "flat, winding river that cuts through the woods like a sluggish snake." Even during the running of the Iditarod when survival is primary in his mind, Paulsen sees a peak covered with snow and "it is like a cathedral." Another time, the sparkle of the winter's ice and snow can be seen when he writes about...
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