Cerberus Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCBBDDEEFF| Dear Reader should you chance to go | A |
| To Hades do not fail to throw | A |
| A Sop to Cerberus at the gate | B |
| His anger to propitiate | B |
| Don't say Good dog and hope thereby | C |
| His three fierce Heads to pacify | C |
| What though he try to be polite | B |
| And wag his Tail with all his might | B |
| How shall one amiable Tail | D |
| Against three angry Heads prevail | D |
| The Heads must win What puzzles me | E |
| Is why in Hades there should be | E |
| A Watch dog 'tis I should surmise | F |
| The last place one would burglarize | F |
Oliver Herford
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