Laura W., Kim S., Finn T., Tyler M., Ethan N.

JT and Jackson
College ENG 1102
7 Jan. 2019
Poetry Analysis Questions

1. The speaker is the author. The speaker is a man older than he was.
2. The speaker is speaking to 17 year olds going through the transition to adulthood.
3. The situation is a dog falling out of a car. The setting is the side of the road in a country.
4. The purpose is to inform 17 year olds to be compassionate.
5. The theme is the rite of passage
6. The lines rise and fall like the moods of a person before kill a dog or commit an action
they are not 100% sure they want to do.
7. Depressing, reminiscent. He is negative towards killing the dog.
8. His short sentences at the end: “I had never cursed at anyone.”
9. Expletives: to show his youth and need for divergence.
Enjambment: to emphasize the objects doing the actions d
10. How come he didn’t take the dog to a doctor? Why did he stop? Why did he apologize
for the language? Why did the narrator decide to strike the dog even after the