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Black DogMarie Philip
One has beeneverybody else’s propertyfor weeks –they know about weddings.Every detail - `tea for the traffic cop’ –Has been meticulously planned,And the family now is rising through the organizationTo the occasion: the date and almost the time.
A deluge of Autumn rain gives my father the opportunityOf reminding no oneThat he refused to have a garden receptionAnd multiple anxieties are locked awayin his tower of strength.I too have been charming all day.Veiled now, and dispensing white serenity,I wave off ahead of memy mother and my festooned regimeand accept my father’s armpast puddlesto the hired and chauffeured car.
Sharp barks. A muddy Scotch terrierhurtles himself on this dressed-up neighbourand I screech:`Buggeroff you-bloody-little-black-dog.’
Remorse! Image sullied. I turn to my father, and face a rare enjoyment, I feel a tightened arm.From a clean moment of contactwe proceed with the ceremonyfor him formallyto give me away.
What does she mean by this?
What evidenc
e is there of
this?
One has beeneverybody else’s propertyfor weeks –they know about weddings.Every detail - `tea for the traffic cop’ –Has been meticulously planned,And the family now is rising through the organizationTo the occasion: the date and almost the time.
Why does her father choose to remind no one that he refused to
have a garden reception?Figure
of speech
?What does it suggest about her father’s state of mind?
What does this reveal about the bride’s state of mind and her
feelings?
A deluge of Autumn rain gives my father the opportunityOf reminding no oneThat he refused to have a garden receptionAnd multiple anxieties are locked awayin his tower of strength.I too have been charming all day.
What do the words
“dispensing” , “festooned” and “regime” tell us
about the bride’s feelings about the day?
What are the literal and figurative
meanings of “veiled”?
Why do you think she has these
feelings?
Veiled now, and dispensing white serenity,I wave off ahead of memy mother and my festooned regimeand accept my father’s armpast puddlesto the hired and chauffeured car.
Is this a grammatically
acceptable sentence?
What effect does it achieve?
Who is this?
What is the effect of these
verbs?
How does punctuation
enrich meaning
here?
What does this tell us about the
bride’s actual state of mind?
Sharp barks. A muddy Scotch terrierhurtles himself on this dressed-up neighbourand I screech:`Buggeroff you-bloody-little-black-dog.’
How does the bride feeling about shouting and swearing at the dog?
Why does she feel like this?
What are the full
implications of this
phrase?
Why is the father’s
reaction to the incident unusual?
In what way does
the incident with
the dog change
the proceedings
?
Remorse! Image sullied. I turn to my father, and face a rare enjoyment, I feel a tightened arm.From a clean moment of contactwe proceed with the ceremonyfor him formallyto give me away.