Canis Major
Robert Frost * Track #25 On West-Running Brook
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Canis Major by Robert Frost
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Robert FrostAbout
Canis Major is the name of one of the major constellations. The “greater dog” contains Sirius (“the dog star”), which is the brightest star in the night sky. The big dog “follows” Orion the hunter through the night sky. Frost may have intended a much darker meaning with this poem.
Canis Major Annotated
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.