Epitaph To A Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDDEDFG DGHIJKDL MMNNOPQQRRMMCC SSTTUUVVWXYY| Near this spot | A |
| Are deposited the Remains | B |
| Of one | C |
| Who possessed Beauty | D |
| Without Vanity | D |
| Strength without Insolence | E |
| Courage without Ferocity | D |
| And all the Virtues of Man | F |
| Without his Vices | G |
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| The Price which would be unmeaning flattery | D |
| If inscribed over Human Ashes | G |
| Is but a just tribute to the Memory of | H |
| 'Boatswain ' a Dog | I |
| Who was born at Newfoundland | J |
| May | K |
| And died in Newstead Abbey | D |
| Nov | L |
| - | |
| When some proud son of man returns to earth | M |
| Unknown by glory but upheld by birth | M |
| The sculptor's art exhausts the pomp of woe | N |
| And stories urns record that rests below | N |
| When all is done upon the tomb is seen | O |
| Not what he was but what he should have been | P |
| But the poor dog in life the firmest friend | Q |
| The first to welcome foremost to defend | Q |
| Whose honest heart is still his master's own | R |
| Who labors fights lives breathes for him alone | R |
| Unhonored falls unnoticed all his worth | M |
| Denied in heaven the soul he held on earth | M |
| While man vain insect hopes to be forgiven | C |
| And claims himself a sole exclusive heaven | C |
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| Oh man thou feeble tenant of an hour | S |
| Debased by slavery or corrupt by power | S |
| Who knows thee well must quit thee with disgust | T |
| Degraded mass of animated dust | T |
| Thy love is lust thy friendship all a cheat | U |
| Thy smiles hypocrisy thy words deceit | U |
| By nature vile ennoble but by name | V |
| Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame | V |
| Ye who perchance behold this simple urn | W |
| Pass on it honors none you wish to mourn | X |
| To mark a friend's remains these stones arise | Y |
| I never knew but one and here he lies | Y |
George Gordon Byron
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