¡®The floor was mouse-grey, smooth, chilly concrete.¡¯

 

In your own words, describe, in about two or three lines, what the barn¡¯s floor would look like.

 

The use of adjectives, such as ¡®grey¡¯, ¡®smooth¡¯ and ¡®chilly¡¯, gives the reader a clear idea of what the floor would look like.  The reference to ¡®mouse¡¯ links to the poem¡¯s focus on nature.