Tableau Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF| Locked arm in arm they cross the way | A |
| The black boy and the white | B |
| The golden splendor of the day | A |
| The sable pride of night | B |
| - | |
| From lowered blinds the dark folk stare | C |
| And here the fair folk talk | D |
| Indignant that these two should dare | C |
| In unison to walk | D |
| - | |
| Oblivious to look and word | E |
| They pass and see no wonder | F |
| That lightning brilliant as a sword | G |
| Should blaze the path of thunder | F |
Countee Cullen
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