Man and Dog
Siegfried Sassoon 1886 (Matfield) – 1967 (Heytesbury)
Man and Dog
Siegfried Sassoon
Who's this—alone with stone and sky?
It's only my old dog and I—
It's only him; it's only me;
Alone with stone and grass and tree.
What share we most—we two together?
Smells, and awareness of the weather.
What is it makes us more than dust?
My trust in him; in me his trust.
Here's anyhow one decent thing
That life to man and dog can bring;
One decent thing, re-multiplied
Till earth's last dog and man have died.
About this poem
a man's unique relationship with his dog
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Submitted on January 09, 2022
Modified on May 01, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XX AABB CCDD EEFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 453 |
Words | 95 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4 |
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