Figurative Language
What type of figurative language is used in the line “Her heart was learning to lie down forever.”
Personification
The line “Good dog! Good dog!” is an example of what type of structural device.
Repetition
“Back home, we found that in the night her frame,
Drawing near to dissolution, had endured the shame”
The words “frame“ and “shame” is an example of what sound device.
Rhyme
Name a quote that contributes to the theme of no matter how much love or care surround someone, death is inevitable
“Though surrounded by love that would have upheld her,
Nevertheless she sank and, stiffening, disappeared.”
Which line from the poem uses vivid imagery as a way to compare the puppies internal injuries to a container or something being filled
”Blood was filling her skin”
This device is used when the poem contrasts the family’s love and care with the dog’s body failing and eventual death at the end of the poem
Juxtaposition
“Monday morning” is an example of what sound device?
Alliteration
Which quote best shows the theme of loyalty, dignity, or perseverance?
A. “Of diarrhoea and had dragged across the floor/To a newspaper carelessly left there. Good dog.”
B. “Her heart was learning to lie down forever”
C. “Blood was filling her skin / And her heart was learning to lie down forever”
D. “Though surrounded by love that would have upheld her / Nevertheless she sank and, stiffening, disappeared”
A
Which line from the poem uses personification to show that love, though strong, cannot prevent death?
A. “Her heart was learning to lie down forever”
B. “Love… would have upheld her”
C. “Blood was filling her skin”
D. “Endured the shame of diarrhoea”
B
The line “Though surrounded by love that would have upheld her,
Nevertheless she sank and, stiffening, disappeared.” is an example of what structural device?
Antithesis
“We found her twisted and limp but still alive.” The repetition of “i” sounds in this line is an example what sound device?
Assonance
What is the POV of the poem?
First person
Saying the puppy disappeared instead of died in the line, “Nevertheless she sank and, stiffening, disappeared.” is an example of what?
Euphemism
Why does the poet use a chronological structure in the poem?
A. To focus only on the puppy final moments
B. To emphasize only the family’s emotions, not the dog’s experiences
C. To create confusion about the order of events
D. To show the dog’s life from innocence to death, revealing the inevitability of the puppies fate
D
The words ”rupture” “stiffening” “dragged” “Kicked” used in the poem are all examples of what sound device?
hint: harsh sounding
Cacophony
What are the three settings in the poem?
Home, car, veterinarian
“Imperious with tears” is an example of what type of figurative language
oxymoron
What type of structural device is used in the line “To a newspaper carelessly left there. Good dog.”
hint: yoda talk
Anastrophe
True or False: Does the poem have a definitive rhyme scheme?
false
Which line demonstrates irony, showing the dog’s loyalty even at the moment of death?
“To a newspaper carelessly left there. Good dog.”