How To Name Your Familiar Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE CFGEHIJKLMNO PQRESS ESTUVWUX XKELKE| When the devil brings him | A |
| like a Christmas puppy | B |
| examine his downy fur smell | C |
| his small paws for the scent | D |
| of sulphur | E |
| - | |
| Is he a child of hell | C |
| O clearly those soft brown eyes | F |
| speak volumes | G |
| of deviltry | E |
| O surely those small pink teats | H |
| could suckle witches | I |
| O those floppy ears | J |
| hear only the devil's hissing | K |
| O that small pink tongue | L |
| will lick lick at your heart | M |
| until only Satan may | N |
| slip in | O |
| - | |
| A fuzzy white dog | P |
| Name him Catch | Q |
| A little black kitten | R |
| She is Jamara | E |
| A tiny brown rabbit | S |
| Call her Pyewackett | S |
| - | |
| Beware beware | E |
| the soft the innocent | S |
| the kingdom of cuddly ones | T |
| All these | U |
| expose you to the jealous tongues | V |
| of neighbors' flames | W |
| all these | U |
| are the devil's snares | X |
| - | |
| Familiars familiars | X |
| there is hellfire lurking | K |
| in the softest fur | E |
| brimstone in the pinkest tongue | L |
| damnation everlasting | K |
| in a purr | E |
Erica Jong
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