With Dog And Gun Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEFF GGHHEEIJKKFF LLMMBBNNFFOO| Out in the woods with a dog an' gun | A |
| Is my idea of a real day's fun | A |
| 'Tain't the birds that I'm out to kill | B |
| That furnish me with the finest thrill | B |
| 'Cause I never worry or fret a lot | C |
| Or curse my luck if I miss a shot | C |
| There's many a time an' I don't know why | D |
| That I shoot too low or I aim too high | D |
| An' all I can see is the distant whirr | E |
| Of a bird that's gittin' back home to her | E |
| Yep gittin' back home at the end o' day | F |
| An' I'm just as glad that he got away | F |
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| There's a whole lot more in the woods o' fall | G |
| Than the birds you bag if you think at all | G |
| There's colors o' gold an' red an' brown | H |
| As never were known in the busy town | H |
| There's room to breathe in the purest air | E |
| An' something worth looking at everywhere | E |
| There's the dog who's leadin' you on an' on | I |
| To a patch o' cover where birds have gone | J |
| An' standin' there without move or change | K |
| Till you give the sign that you've got the range | K |
| That's thrill enough for my blood I say | F |
| So why should I care if they get away | F |
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| Fact is there are times that I'd ruther miss | L |
| Than to bring 'em down 'cause I feel like this | L |
| There's a heap more joy in a living thing | M |
| Than a breast crushed in or a broken wing | M |
| An' I can't feel right an' I never will | B |
| When I look at a bird that I've dared to kill | B |
| Oh I'm jus' plumb happy to tramp about | N |
| An' follow my dog as he hunts 'em out | N |
| Jus' watchin' him point in his silent way | F |
| Where the Bob Whites are an' the partridge stay | F |
| For the joy o' the great outdoors I've had | O |
| So why should I care if my aim is bad | O |
Edgar Albert Guest
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