Analyzation of "Biscuit" by Jane Kenyon

Biscuit

Jane Kenyon

The dog has cleaned his bowl
and his reward is a biscuit,
which I put in his mouth
like a priest offering the host.

I can't bear that trusting face!
He asks for bread, expects
bread, and I in my power
might have given him a stone.

We analyzed the poem “Biscuit” by Jane Kenyon. Biscuit is a very interesting poem. Jane Kenyon is a very good poet. This poem has a very deep meaning. The speaker in the poem is the owner of the dog. You can infer this because he puts a rewarding biscuit into the dog’s mouth like a priest. The author begins to talk to talk very fondly of the dog, but towards the end of the poem, he states that he would feed the dog a stone instead of bread. That is cruel and it shows that this person wants to harm the dog.
This poem has a little bit of imagery. “Cleansed his bowl” indicates that the dog cleaned this bowl very thoroughly and cleansed is a better word than clean. “Like a priest offering the host” is a good simile. It shows good comparison between the owner giving the dog the treat and a priest. The tenor is the owner giving the dog a biscuit. The vehicle is the priest offering the host. The grounds are that both people are offering something to somebody or something.
In my opinion, this is a good poem. I have some questions about the poem. Does the owner have bad feelings toward the dog? Is the owner plotting against the dog? What does the owner not like about the dog?