Question

Why does

e.E. Cummings describe the balloonman as "goat-footed" in "in Just"?
a. He is suggesting that the balloonman is dangerous to the children.
b. He is referring to the fact that baby animals are born in spring.
c. He is comparing the children to the balloonman.
d. He is making an allusion to the Greek god Pan and his pipes. -------------------------

Answer 1

The answer is D. He is making an allusion to the Greek god Pan and his pipes.

Answer 2

E. Cummings describes the balloonman as "goat-footed" because (D) He is making an allusion to the Greek god Pan and his pipes.

The Greek god, Pan, was half man and half-goat. Whenever he blew his pipes in the Spring, all the little wood creatures would come out, which would symbolize the coming of Spring.