Another Reason Why I Don't Keep A Gun In The House Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD ACEFA GHI AAJK LMNO| The neighbors' dog will not stop barking | A |
| He is barking the same high rhythmic bark | B |
| that he barks every time they leave the house | C |
| They must switch him on on their way out | D |
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| The neighbors' dog will not stop barking | A |
| I close all the windows in the house | C |
| and put on a Beethoven symphony full blast | E |
| but I can still hear him muffled under the music | F |
| barking barking barking | A |
| - | |
| and now I can see him sitting in the orchestra | G |
| his head raised confidently as if Beethoven | H |
| had included a part for barking dog | I |
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| When the record finally ends he is still barking | A |
| sitting there in the oboe section barking | A |
| his eyes fixed on the conductor who is | J |
| entreating him with his baton | K |
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| while the other musicians listen in respectful | L |
| silence to the famous barking dog solo | M |
| that endless coda that first established | N |
| Beethoven as an innovative genius | O |
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