The Dogs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDEEFFGH IIJJKKLLMMAA NNDCGHBB| My desires are upon me like dogs I beat them back | A |
| Yet they yelp upon my track | A |
| And I know that my soul one day shall lie at their feet | B |
| And my soul be these dogs' meat | B |
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| My soul walks robed in white where the saints sing psalms | C |
| Among the lilies and palms | D |
| Beholding the face of God through the radiant bars | E |
| Of the mystical gate of stars | E |
| The robes of my soul are whiter than snow she sings | F |
| Praise of immortal things | F |
| Yet still she listens still in the night she hears | G |
| The dogs' yelp in her ears | H |
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| O Most High I will pray look down through the seven | I |
| Passionate veils of heaven | I |
| Out of eternal peace where the world's desire | J |
| Enfolds thee in veils of fire | J |
| Holy of Holies the immaculate Lamb | K |
| Behold me the thing I am | K |
| I the redeemed of thy blood the bought with a price | L |
| The reward of thy sacrifice | L |
| I who walk with thy saints in a robe of white | M |
| And who worship thee day and night | M |
| Behold me the thing I am and do thou beat back | A |
| These feet that burn on my track | A |
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| I have prayed God has heard I have prayed to him he has heard | N |
| But he has not spoken a word | N |
| My soul walks robed in white among lilies and palms | D |
| And she hears the triumphing psalms | C |
| But louder than all by day and by night she hears | G |
| The dogs' yelp in her ears | H |
| And I know that my soul one day shall lie at their feet | B |
| And my soul be these dogs' meat | B |
Arthur Symons
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