Answer: the donkeys they rode on their exepeditions into the countryside
they...acquired the nickname "the donkeys"
Explanation:
The main theme of "The Wanderer" involves the d. pain of homelessness.
The man in "The Wanderer" is deprived of a permanent home, forced to face the elements of nature. By the end of the poem the natural elements of the world are twisted into looking like destructive, monstrous things that beat on buildings and people alike.
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