The Harlem Dancer Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG| Applauding youths laughed with young prostitutes | A |
| And watched her perfect half clothed body sway | B |
| Her voice was like the sound of blended flutes | A |
| Blown by black players upon a picnic day | B |
| She sang and danced on gracefully and calm | C |
| The light gauze hanging loose about her form | D |
| To me she seemed a proudly swaying palm | C |
| Grown lovelier for passing through a storm | D |
| Upon her swarthy neck black shiny curls | E |
| Luxuriant fell and tossing coins in praise | F |
| The wine flushed bold eyed boys and even the girls | E |
| Devoured her shape with eager passionate gaze | F |
| But looking at her falsely smiling face | G |
| I knew her self was not in that strange place | G |
Claude Mckay
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