Question
How does the poet describe the hyena and a crocodile?

Answer

  • The poetess Carolyn Wells has described the crocodile and the hyena humorously in her poem ‘How to tell wild animals’.
  • According to her one can identify the crocodile because it has tears in his eyes when it comes to prey on its victim and the hyena makes sounds like human laughter.

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