Verse For A Certain Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJKLKL| Such glorious faith as fills your limpid eyes | A |
| Dear little friend of mine I never knew | B |
| All innocent are you and yet all wise | A |
| For Heaven's sake stop worrying that shoe | B |
| You look about and all you see is fair | C |
| This mighty globe was made for you alone | D |
| Of all the thunderous ages you're the heir | C |
| Get off the pillow with that dirty bone | D |
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| A skeptic world you face with steady gaze | E |
| High in young pride you hold your noble head | F |
| Gayly you meet the rush of roaring days | E |
| Must you eat puppy biscuit on the bed | F |
| Lancelike your courage gleaming swift and strong | G |
| Yours the white rapture of a winged soul | H |
| Yours is a spirit like a Mayday song | G |
| God help you if you break the goldfish bowl | H |
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| Whatever is is good your gracious creed | I |
| You wear your joy of living like a crown | J |
| Love lights your simplest act your every deed | I |
| Drop it I tell you put that kitten down | J |
| You are God's kindliest gift of all a friend | K |
| Your shining loyalty unflecked by doubt | L |
| You ask but leave to follow to the end | K |
| Couldn't you wait until I took you out | L |
Dorothy Parker
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