Through the beginning of the poem the narrator uses imagery to illustrate what the sow is not. He begins by describing the pig as “ no rose-and-larkspurred china suckling with a penny slot”. This automatically gives the reader and idea that the pig is not an attractive pig since piggybanks are usually cute and pink. Piggybanks also are used to save money, and the pig is not being used for investments. Like said early on in he poem that this pig has never won “prize ribbon and pig show”. The narrator also goes on to say that “Nor…/ Glorified for prime flesh and o

At the beginning on the poem the narrator seems admire the pig. The narrator describes the pig in a positive and at time glorified way. He waits in anticipation to see the pig. The narrator a first is in shock. He expected much more from the pig. As the poem goes on there is a transition in line 23, the word “no”. Is used as a transition. This is where the narrator begins to glorify the pig b calling it “ the great grandam”. In line 34 there is another important transistion. The word “but” marks the beginning of the neighbor’s point o view on the pig. The neighbor is the one who owns the sow. The neighbor has o respect for the pig. It seems that the excitement or novelty of the pi has worn off. The reader gets this impression b the way the neighbor “thwacked” the pi on the neck. As the poem goes on the reader gets the impression that he narrator’s view on the pig has changed. The narrator begins to realize that is nothing more than just a pig. The readers view on the pig was very much shaped by the neighbor�

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