The Power of the Dog
"The Power of the Dog" is a poem by Rudyard Kipling that questions why humans willingly open themselves to the grief that comes from loving a dog. With unflinching honesty, Kipling traces the arc of a dog's life — from devoted, unconditional companionship to the inevitable loss at the end of fourteen years — asking whether such sorrow is worth courting. The poem turns on the metaphor of love as a loan, always payable, always costly, yet somehow impossible to refuse.
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