Further Afric Echoes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFE CGCG HHHHEIE JK KLBL MMMMNON PDPDI IQ| By gar I tell a you t'ings don't stop | A |
| Since da war he come wit' a rush | B |
| When Nicko da boss at da fry fish shop | A |
| He sack a Black Sam da slush | B |
| I tella you how Nick t'row Sam out | C |
| An' say for to notta come back | D |
| An' I tella how Sam play turn about | C |
| An' launch a da count' attack | D |
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| Well t'ings dey move like da grease a da light | E |
| Nick speak a to four five friend | F |
| An' he say 'We make a raid tonight | E |
| An' bringa dis war for end ' | - |
| So dey find a where Sam an' his friends hang out | C |
| An' dey snap a da fing' at da law | G |
| When dey make a da plan for da midnight rout | C |
| An' da dirty sock a da jaw | G |
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| But Sammo he got da spy in da camp | H |
| An' he catch a da hint what drp | H |
| So he spill a da tale of Nicka da scamp | H |
| In da ear of da corner a cop | H |
| Den da cop meet Nick an' his friends dat night | E |
| An' make t'rcat for the runnin' dem in | I |
| But Nick say 'Call a you'seluf da white | E |
| For proteck black Abb da sin ' | - |
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| Say da cop 'Datta be about all from you | J |
| More bettra you buzz off lad | K |
| Or you cool a da heel an' you cobber too ' | - |
| Den Nicko he wile like a mad | K |
| An' he say 'Do dey smash a my shop by gar | L |
| An' I catch a no compensaish' | B |
| Santa da Luce What you t'inkin' you are | L |
| Da bloom a League a da Naish ' | - |
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| Den Nick get wile an' his frien's get wile | M |
| An' da cop get wile like 'ell | M |
| An' da lingua dey use so you hear for a mile | M |
| It not a for me to tell | M |
| But da cop he cool off by by an' a by | N |
| An' he say 'Cut a out da swank | O |
| You make a da peace or me I apply | N |
| Da eco da nomic sanc' ' | - |
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| 'Now I tells da boys da cop he say | P |
| From da ironwork out a da back | D |
| An' da girls from da jam fac' over da way | P |
| To declare a you' fry fish black | D |
| What a you do den Mista Musso da lin | I |
| Datta food for t'ink ole quince ' | - |
| But Nicko he grinnin' da sickly grin | I |
| An' he t'ink hard ever a since | Q |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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