"Do we consider this text to be poetry or poetry/novel ?"
It's a prose novel. As it says on the cover; "the simple gift, a novel". It's considered a novel because it is an extended story with character development and chapters.
This is an exercise we did in class. We each got a chapter. This is mine. Hope it helps you to relate techniques to belonging.
Chapter 5 – Techniques
Epigrams and images:
“A kid who cant leave well enough alone” – this quote shows that Billy is interfering in Old Bill’s life and that...