The Brewer's Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHBHBIBI JKLKMBNBMOPOThe brewer's dog is abroad boys | A |
Be careful where you stray | B |
His teeth are coated with poison | C |
And he's on the watch for prey | B |
The brewery is his kennel | D |
But he lurks on every hand | E |
And he seeks for easy victims | F |
The children of the land | E |
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His eyes gleam through the windows | G |
Of the gay saloon at night | H |
And in many a first class 'drug store' | B |
He is hiding out of sight | H |
Be careful where you enter | B |
And if you smell his breath | I |
Flee as you would from a viper | B |
For its fumes are the fumes of death | I |
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O boys would you kill the bloodhound | J |
Would you slay the snarling whelp | K |
I know that you can do it | L |
If every one will help | K |
You must make a solemn promise | M |
To drink no ale or beer | B |
And soon the feeble death wail | N |
Of the brewer's dog we'll hear | B |
For if all keep the promise | M |
You can starve him out I know | O |
But if boys and men keep drinking | P |
The dog will thrive and grow | O |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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