Updike wanted his readers to experience his deep sense of loss. The dog died in his lap, on the way to the vet’s (line 12) and he went on further to say “Though surrounded by love that would have upheld her, Nevertheless she sank and, stiffening, disappeared,”
Updike wanted his readers to experience his deep sense of loss. The dog died in his lap, on the way to the vet’s (line 12) and he went on further to say “Though surrounded by love that would have upheld her, Nevertheless she sank and, stiffening, disappeared,”