Strained =?

No one got it, I wonder?

are you sure you've got it right? I know a different version of this from the beginning of The Call of The Wild.

"Old longings nomadic leap,
Chafing at custom's chain;
Again from its brumal sleep
Wakens the ferine strain."

here is the original poem it is taken from

http://fiestoforo.blogspot.com/2009/10/poema-completo-atavismo-de-john-myers.html

Wintry, I think.

Of course I knew that original version.

What I wanted to know is in the "new" version what the word "strained " meant.

I don't think anyone could give you an exact answer. I don't think the "new" version is very good, and its interpretation must be a bit subjective.

Well, a close definition of "strained" would be okay.

It's got the feeling of a tension, a conflict.

it really pisses me off that someone thought they should modernize/simplify a poem in this way

Poetry for Idiots.

bleccchh