An elegy on the death of a mad dogAnswer with reference to the question But soon a wonder.....they lied.1)what wonder came to light?2)who were lying?3)why do you think,the dog died?Plz if you read this poem then plz answer my question
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my answer is my perspective
1) the man was poisonous lies came to light
2) the people were lying that he was a very good man
3) because the man was so poisonous
‘An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog’ is thus a comic satire on the way outward appearances are often at odds with private feelings and behaviors: a man may appear to be a good practicing Christian, but he is really out for himself.
When a dog goes mad (‘to gain some private ends’, we are told – as if a dog can hatch such a plot for advancement) and bites the man, the townspeople assume that this good and pious man will die from the rabid bite. But in a twist, the biter, rather than the bitten, dies: ‘The dog it was that died.’ The implication is that the man was so toxic (because he was far from being a good Christian really) that the dog, through biting him, has been poisoned by him.
https://interestingliterature.com/2019/01/a-short-analysis-of-oliver-goldsmiths-an-elegy-on-the-death-of-a-mad-dog/