Part one of term paper
“More likely the cat was just unlucky” (l. 1-2). In this narrative poem “”, by Alastair Reid, he gives a dissertation on cats and dogs. Cats are adventurous and dogs do not take chances. Reid uses symbols Have you ever heard the saying “ killed the cat” (l. 1)? and allegory to disclose the theme that life can be more fulfilling ...

Part two of term paper
... too many wives, desert their children, chill all dinner tables with tales of their nine lives.” (ll. 27-30). Cats feel like the dogs live boring lives, but the speaker believes that the cats are just “curious to see what death was like, having no cause to go on licking paws, or fathering litter on litter of kittens, predictably.” (ll. 2-5) The dogs, the other symbol used for people, are the ones afraid to break the monotony of their everyday lives consisting of “doggy circles where well-s ...