Read the poem below by Kate Llewellyn then answer the questions.

Peacocks

Standard
On wet days
they hang on the verandah railing
like wet curtains
the peahens
become grey cushions
that fell in a river

but on dry days
celebration
shimmer and tremble
shake that castanet
the Spanish dance begins

up goes the opera set
raised as if a cord were pulled
or a child’s stand-up picture book
opened

their strong grey legs
strut and hawk this show
around the farm
from town to town

and the singing
so gruesome
it were best left to others
however
like Cinderella’s sister
no-one dares mention
such ugliness to them
while the little plain butcher bird
sings so ravishingly
sitting almost unnoticed on a post