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Thank You Agatha Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGF HIJI KLML AANA EOPO AQRQ SRTR UVWV XYZY A2 B2Q

I ve been very luckyA
In this life of mineB
To be blessed many timesC
With people and animals so kindD
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Agatha was one of thoseE
I was fortunate to knowF
A small black Cocker SpanielG
She was always on the goF
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She had the softest brown eyesH
That could melt a heart of stoneI
She was the sweetest dogJ
I have ever knownI
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Her younger years were difficultK
To say the very leastL
Born with a heart defectM
She should have been deceasedL
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I think anyone would agreeA
That fate had her come to meA
Although the reasons for these thingsN
Will always be a mysteryA
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At any rate the story goesE
Along the way it shouldO
I was able to correct her heartP
When no one else ever couldO
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She was like a sister to one kittyA
But really hated anotherQ
She always licked the oneR
But snarled at the otherQ
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Her attitude made me laughS
As I would watch her runR
The way she went at lifeT
Every thing was truly funR
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Then one day she couldn t walkU
And didn t understand the whyV
Again that fate had entered inW
As she was soon to dieV
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We tried everything to cureX
But in the end to no availY
It was all that we could doZ
One final breath ended her travailY
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Agatha died in my arms with that final breathA2
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By John GroteB2
DecemberQ

John Grote
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 12/22/2025

Poet's note: The poem pretty much tells the story. There is lots more about her passing that I may eventually share. Suffice it to say, she was a wonderful little dog.




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