There is no doubt that the beggar is a marginalized group. I uses the metaphor of the stray puppy to explain the beggar’s experience of the society and relationship with the world. The beggar are homeless people in some extent. It is similar to stray dogs. They both are dirty and on one to depend on. So, I put them together at the end of the poem. And there is another reason, I leave a suspense in the poem about who the “He” is, and the answer is showed until the last line—that stray puppy lies beside the “he.” Thus, I put them together to unravel the suspense.
Besides, although beggars and stray dogs have similar experiences with the world, people may sympathize with stray dogs but do not feel sorry for some beggars. Stray dogs look for foods by themselves, but some beggars do not even though they are “able-bodied people.” They just ask for money without doing anything. I think the beggar is different from a busker. So, I tried to do not sympathize and romanticize them, and just describe their experiences.
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