Mark Doty's Poem 'Golden Retrievals'

Jim Harrison and Jack Underwood are two completely different authors who share one thing in common; their poems involve a connection with animals. Jack Underwood writes how he does not care too much about the animals which is the poem called “Totem Pole” as he hunts them and then mentions “to appraise my work only” (Underwood). Jim Harrison writes the poem called “Man Dog” in which the main character cares for his animal so much that he even pretends to act like his animal. In both poems we experience the authors writing in first person and expressing a somewhat somber mood. Jim Harrison and Jack Underwood are both able to connect through animals and through the use of emotions as well as a deeper connection we see how two different poems

Intrusions like "... hearing a dog..."interrupt the man 's thoughts this signifies the trivial events in the man 's life. Through the distant nature at which Dawe

“A person can learn a lot from a dog, even a loopy one like ours...he taught me about friendship and selflessness and, above all else, unwavering loyalty,” says John Grogan, author of Marley & Me. Although dogs are just animals, they can bring out the best characteristics in people. Recently, an exploration of one of the most well-known pieces of canine non-fiction and an exploration of my own life has taught me just how true this is. In John Grogan’s Marley & Me and in my life, patience, flexibility, and love are frequently illustrated.

And it is the horses, a representative of nature, who save earth, and not technology. The failure of technology is very important in this poem. Not only do most of the world’s population die, the use and respect for technology dies. The radios lie “dumb”, a personification which resembles the “impenetrable sorrow” in which whole nations lie.

Furthermore, poetry, and the personification of poetry, conversations with old friends and family, should not need a special occasion, rather it should “ride the bus” with patience for the stops before your own and the understanding of other’s needs before your own (line 13). You can also say the bus can represent the speed at which life passes you by and how easy it is to miss something if you are not paying attention, or even, that these missed moments have a poem to help you along your long journey home. With the use of

Dogs have always played an important role in most American families. There has always been a saying “a dog is a man's best friend.” Through the poem you are able to look out into the world through a dog's perspective. In the poem “Golden Retrievals” by Mark Doty, the author uses informal diction, concrete diction, and repeated structure to show the dogs loving view of the world.

As the rain of hardship and pain floods the souls of one family, the silent but all-seeing pet dog learns to stand by his family and ultimately learn, throughout his life, the art of racing in the rain. Within Stein’s The Art of Racing in the Rain, the story is told from the perspective of the common household dog, Enzo. This unparalleled perspective displays the trust that many people place upon a dog’s shoulders, but Enzo’s point of view also shows how beautifully bonded Denny, Eve, Zoe and Enzo are through the trials of life and death. While Enzo cannot speak, he thoughtfully forms ideas about what he would say if he were a human; nevertheless, Enzo’s inability to speak makes him wise beyond his dog years, for as humans, we tend to speak what is on our mind before considering the impact that it will leave upon

John Updike's "A Dog's Death" is a heart-wrenching poem in which a narrator remembers a puppy that he and his family rescued. In the poem, the puppy tragically dies due to unseen injuries that it had. In the poem, Updike illustrates how the puppy fought to live and did not give up despite the many obstacles that she faced. Through the use of imagery, Updike is able to describe the brief moments that the family had with the puppy and demonstrate how quickly circumstances changed for his family and the puppy.

In the beginning there was a lot of confusion and uncertainty as to what was going on with the dog. Then the tone shifted to sad and gloomy when the dog died trying to bite the author's hand. This tone is maintained throughout the poem’s entirety. The tone is varied to try and capture an emotional interest from the reader. Along with that, the use of imagery on line seven “as we teased her with play, blood was filling her skin” adds some descriptive detail and reveals that the author and his family didn't realize that playing with the dog was just accelerating her death. Imagery is used again in lines nine and nineteen through twenty “Monday morning, as the children were noisily fed”(line 9) “Of diarrhoea and had dragged across the floor To a newspaper carelessly left there. Good dog” (lines 19-20). His use of imagery paints a picture in your mind as to what was going on during certain parts of the event of the dog dying. “And her heart was learning to lie down forever” this metaphor reveals that the dog was slowly dying and Updike could tell during the

In general, dogs are associated with loyalty, companionship, and aid. In Pam Houston’s “A Blizzard Under Blue Sky,” the narrator attempts to treat her depression through experiencing the adventure of spending a night outside in the cold weather of Utah. Then, the narrator becomes successful in her adventure with the support and assistance of her two dogs, Hailey and Jackson. On the contrary, in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire,” a “man” is traveling along the Yukon Trail, on his way to his group of friends where he encounters a dog who grows to have a poor relationship with the man but remains with him until his death. The similarities and differences between the two relationships make a comment on interactions between humans and animals. The comparison of these two short stories demonstrates how dogs are only beneficial to humans when they are deemed an equal and a counterpart, however not as valuable when disrespected through regard as one’s property.

In the final stanza, dog people say their animosity toward cat people is because they “love too much, are irresponsible, /are changeable, marry too many wives, / desert their children, chill all at dinner tables / with tales of their nine lives”. The second stanza, however, foretells a deeper, darker truth: curiosity is dangerous to the status quo. Curious people “distrust what is always said”; they look beyond “what seems” to be, to what something actually is in reality; they “ask odd questions, interfere in dreams, leave home, smell rats, have hunches.” In his final analysis, the author pleads his case to let the cat people be who they are.

read this story is because it is a really good story that is being narrated by the dog point of view. That

Despite everything in the world that could bring me joy, nothing makes me happier than my eight-week-old puppy, Vada. On a cold December morning, I took my dog outside to use the bathroom; she looked so beautiful that I had to capture an image. She was sitting at my feet, smiling at me on that bright morning. The image will always be a bittersweet reminder of what I lost.

The literary work that captured my interest was “Dog’s Death” written by John Updike in 1958. Updike was “widely recognized as one of the most accomplished and prolific stylists of his generation, Updike has emerged as a short-story writer and novelist of major importance in American letters” (Parks, J., Peck, D., 2006). He was born on March 18, 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania and died on January 27, 2009 in Danvers, Massachusetts. In my essay I will explain why I choose this poem, which analytical approach I am going to be using along with evaluating the meaning of the selection Dogs Death and why it

Several poems in the anthology explore the intensity of human emotion. Explore this theme, referring to these three poems in detail and by referencing at least three other poems from your wider reading.’