Shepherd's Dog And Wolf Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EF G GHHIIA ABBJJBBCCKK| A hungry wolf had thinned the fold | A |
| Safely he refuged on the wold | A |
| And as in den secure he lay | B |
| The thefts of night regaled his day | B |
| The shepherd's dog who searched the glen | C |
| By chance found the marauder's den | C |
| They fought like Trojan and like Greek | D |
| Till it fell out they both waxed weak | D |
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| Wolf said the dog the whilst we rest on | E |
| I fain would ask of you a question | F |
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| Ask on the wolf replied I'm ready | G |
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| Wolf said the dog with soul so steady | G |
| And limbs so strong I wonder much | H |
| That you our lambs and ewes should touch | H |
| There are the lion and the boar | I |
| To bathe your jaws with worthier gore | I |
| 'Tis cowardly to raid the fold | A |
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| Friend said the wolf I pray thee hold | A |
| Nature framed me a beast of prey | B |
| And I must eat when where I may | B |
| Now if your bosom burn with zeal | J |
| To help and aid the bleating weal | J |
| Hence to your lord and master say | B |
| What you have said to me or stay | B |
| Tell him that I snatch now and then | C |
| One sheep for thousands gorged by men | C |
| I am their foe and called a curse | K |
| But a pretended friend is worse | K |
John Gay
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