The Shepherd And His Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCCDEFFFGHIIJJDD KLLM| A shepherd with a single dog | A |
| Was ask'd the reason why | B |
| He kept a dog whose least supply | B |
| Amounted to a loaf of bread | C |
| For every day The people said | C |
| He'd better give the animal | D |
| To guard the village seignior's hall | E |
| For him a shepherd it would be | F |
| A thriftier economy | F |
| To keep small curs say two or three | F |
| That would not cost him half the food | G |
| And yet for watching be as good | H |
| The fools perhaps forgot to tell | I |
| If they would fight the wolf as well | I |
| The silly shepherd giving heed | J |
| Cast off his dog of mastiff breed | J |
| And took three dogs to watch his cattle | D |
| Which ate far less but fled in battle | D |
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| Not vain our tale if it convinces | K |
| Small states that 'tis a wiser thing | L |
| To trust a single powerful king | L |
| Than half a dozen petty princes | M |
Jean De La Fontaine
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