Two Dogs Have I Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADC AAEFEAGF HAIJKADJ ADLDMDED ANOPDNMP PDMQRDAQ| dog | A |
| He wasn't big when we got him | B |
| He was littler than the dog we had | C |
| We thought our little dog would love him | B |
| Would help him to become a trig dog | A |
| But the new little dog got bigger | D |
| And the old little dog got mad | C |
| - | |
| Now the big dog loves the little dog | A |
| But the little dog hates the big dog | A |
| The little dog is eleven years old | E |
| And the big dog only one | F |
| The little dog calls him Schweinhund | E |
| The little dog calls him Pig dog | A |
| She grumbles broken curses | G |
| As she dreams in the August sun | F |
| - | |
| The big dog's teeth are terrible | H |
| But he wouldn't bite the little dog | A |
| The little dog wants to grind his bones | I |
| But the little dog has no teeth | J |
| The big dog is acrobatic | K |
| The little dog is a brittle dog | A |
| She leaps to grip his jugular | D |
| And passes underneath | J |
| - | |
| The big dog clings to the little dog | A |
| Like glue and cement and mortar | D |
| The little dog is his own true love | L |
| But the big dog is to her | D |
| Like a scarlet rag to a Longhorn | M |
| Or a suitcase to a porter | D |
| The day he sat on the hornet | E |
| I distinctly heard her purr | D |
| - | |
| Well how can you blame the little dog | A |
| Who was once the household darling | N |
| He romps like a young Adonis | O |
| She droops like an old mustache | P |
| No wonder she steals his corner | D |
| No wonder she comes out snarling | N |
| No wonder she calls him Cochon | M |
| And even Esp egrave ce de vache | P |
| - | |
| Yet once I wanted a sandwich | P |
| Either caviar or cucumber | D |
| When the sun had not yet risen | M |
| And the moon had not yet sank | Q |
| As I tiptoed through the hallway | R |
| The big dog lay in slumber | D |
| And the little dog slept by the big dog | A |
| And her head was on his flank | Q |
Ogden Nash
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