Cur, Horse, And Shepherd's Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEFAGGHI GGJJKK GGGG| The lad of mediocre spirit | A |
| Blurs not with modesty his merit | A |
| On all exerting wit and tongue | B |
| His rattling jokes at random flung | B |
| Bespatter widely friend and foe | C |
| Too late the forward boy will know | C |
| That jokes are often paid in kind | D |
| Or rankle longer in the mind | D |
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| A village cur with treble throat | E |
| Thought he owned music's purest note | E |
| And on the highway lay to show it | F |
| Or to philosopher or poet | A |
| Soon as a roadster's trot was heard | G |
| He rose with nose and ears upreared | G |
| As he passed by assailed his heels | H |
| Nor left him till they reached the fields | I |
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| But as it happened once a pad | G |
| Assailed by Master Snarl like mad | G |
| Flung out and knocked him in the mire | J |
| Nor did he stop to care inquire | J |
| If he had hurt him On his way | K |
| Pad passed and puppy bleeding lay | K |
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| A shepherd's dog who saw him bleed | G |
| Who hated Snarl and all his breed | G |
| Said This was brought about by prate | G |
| Which horses even horses hate | G |
John Gay
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