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Are You a Dog or Cat Person? Form of Week - Sheshire

Are You a Dog or a Cat Person?

I've always favored dogs;
big dogs preferably.
The type you take on jogs.
You know, adorably
loyal, like to chase frogs,
empathize lovably.

I'm not a cat lover.
Not my glass of ice tea
I'm not one to hover
or save cats from a tree.
Scratching makes me shiver.
my home was kitty free.

Then Molly came along
with her cute kitten ways.
Even when she does wrong
I can't help give her praise.
My heart sings her song
with a repeating phrase.

My biting ball of fur,
this crazy cat has claws. (And still I love her.)
                    ~~Judi Van Gorder


Notes: ▶︎

20 lines
Sheshire  
The elements of the Sheshire are:
         1. a poem of 20 lines made up of 3 sixains followed by a couplet.
         2. isosyllabic except the last line which includes the # of syllables as the previous lines plus a finishing phrase separated from the base line by caesura.
         3. rhymed, rhyme scheme ababab cdcdcd efefef gg or abcabc defdef ghighi jj.
         4. composed with a pivot or change of tone from stanza to stanza and ends with a note of irony.

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