Basketball is being described in different ways
The puppy running through the grocery store was the first 1)clue something was wrong. Diana stood next to the 2)fruit and vegetable section. She looked at a 3)bunch of bananas but chose orange instead. Suddenly, the 4)young dog jumped into Diana's cart! It tore open a loaf of bread, causing a 5)crumb to fly into Diana's face. Startled, Diana squeezed the orange and 6)juice exploded all over Diana and a nearby man. He was 7)rude to Diana. He began to 8)argue with her. He said it was all his fault that his business 9)suit was ruined! One worker had to 10)rescue the dog. The cleaning 11)crew had to mop the floor.
The topic Ivan Ilyich thinking about in this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich is that there are two kinds of life: the artificial life and the authentic life. Artificial life is represented by Ivan, Peter, Praskovya and almost all the people in the society of Ivan - it is marked by shallow relationships and materialism. Authentic life is represented by Gerasim.
I believe it’s free verse if it’s a poem.