Cover art for Canis Major by Robert Frost

Canis Major

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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.

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