The Wise Dog Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BC DEF GDH| One day there passed by a company of cats a wise dog | A |
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| And as he came near and saw that they were very intent and heeded | B |
| him not he stopped | C |
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| Then there arose in the midst of the company a large grave cat and | D |
| looked upon them and said 'Brethren pray ye and when ye have | E |
| prayed again and yet again nothing doubting verily then it shall | F |
| rain mice ' | - |
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| And when the dog heard this he laughed in his heart and turned from | G |
| them saying 'O blind and foolish cats has it not been written and | D |
| have I not known and my fathers before me that that which raineth | H |
| for prayer and faith and supplication is not mice but bones ' | - |
Khalil Gibran
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