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Canis Major

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Canis Major

Robert Frost, 1928.

The great Overdog
That heavenly beast
With a star in one eye
Gives a leap in the east.
He dances upright
All the way to the west
And never once drops
On his forefeet to rest.
I'm a poor underdog,
But to-night I will bark
With the great Overdog
That romps through the dark.

"The best way out is always through."

- Robert Frost

Thoughts

The speaker stares up at the night sky observing the constellation, the "Greater Dog." While he admires the magnificence of the celestial beast he cannot help but compare its status to his own meek position in the universe. Against this cosmic beauty he is merely a "poor underdog."

This surprisingly does not lend the poem to a melancholy tone but rather to that of wonder, playfulness, and even defiance. Tonight he will bark with Canis Major.

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