What metaphors are used in Deep Woods by Howard Nemerov?

Lines 11-15 addresses the hunted beast metaphor, noting that while the dogs run past, the mind dreams "of being lost, covered with leaves." As long as it is unconscious, it is safe in a deep, death-like sleep. The mind's dormancy is so deep that the "bitter world" that would hunt it down just runs on by, made to "go bay elsewhere after better game." In general, this metaphor simply means that human intellect isn't capable of understanding the depth of unspoiled nature, and thus, it protects itself by ignoring the magnitude of a pure forest.