The Centaur by Mav Swenson
...tween lines 44 and 45 (a) Narrator changes from being the horse to Line 45: And yet I sat on my steed quiet, negligent riding, my toes standing the stirrups, and my thighs hugging his hips. (i) Previously 1. Line 20: Talcumed over his hoofs, hiding my toes, and turning his feet to swift half-moons. c) Further Separation i) Use of “his” and “my” (1) His feet and my toes in line 20 (2) Line 45: my thighs and his ribs (3) Line 48: Ghostly toes (a) Not alive any longer 3) Diction a) Uses horse like imagery to describe the imaginary horse i) vividly and to make more believable ii) active verbs (1) straddle, canter, jouncing (2) snorted, shied and skittered (a) alliteration (3) pawed, swished 4) Setting and Situation Shift a) Line 50 the scene changes from one of an adventurous outdoor to a conservative indoor life i) Smoothed my shirt, docile hall, clean linoleum, toes ii) The narrator is docile and submissive iii) the fierce spirit of the horse h...