Line ten “Their eyeballs roll.” Are the dogs crazy or crazy? Most likely it is simply a hallucination that reflects the writer's internal feelings of displeasure at the lack of verses. In the eleventh line Stand uses alliteration with the words blond, burn and brush. The burning brush makes it look like the dogs are on fire. Are dogs from hell? No, the writer simply sat too long and flinched at the sight of the dogs, restoring blood flow to his legs. Hallucinating dogs therefore visually benefit from the physical discomfort experienced by the writer. Then the librarian has a fit of rage and cries. I'm not sure if he's scared of dogs or if he's crying because he doesn't know what's going on at this point. Then in the fifth verse we know that she is very confused now because the man changes. The light is no longer dim. He has changed in a way and licks the librarian's hand. The librarian is now frightened, for a man experiencing unreality has just physically assaulted her, and with her timid nature fully established she can do nothing but recoil in horror, unable to escape. The man has changed and the poet declares him as a new man in line fifteen. He has become one of the dogs that emerged from the basement, while the full weight of the experience falls on him. The mood of the poem changes again and the man is now happy as he is said to be romping around the room. The lights have