Ogden Nash

The Dog

The Dog - meaning Summary

Dog's Simple Affection

Ogden Nash offers a brief comic observation about canine affection. The speaker claims straightforwardly that "the dog is full of love" and supports it with a teasingly empirical test: a wet dog seems the most demonstrative. The poem balances plainspoken honesty and playful logic to celebrate pets' physical, exuberant affection, turning an ordinary sensory detail into a proof of emotional truth.

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The truth I do not stretch or shove When I state that the dog is full of love. I've also found, by actual test, A wet dog is the lovingest.

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