To Jessica, Gone Back To The City Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEE FFEEEEGG CCGGCCHH FFAAEEGG CCFF| Sence fair Jessica hez left us | A |
| Seems ez ef she hed bereft us | A |
| When she went o' half o' livin' | B |
| Fer we never knowed she'd driven | C |
| Into us so much content | D |
| Till fair Jessica hed went | D |
| Knowed a feller once thet cried | E |
| When his yaller dog hed died | E |
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| We hain't near ez bright an' chirky | F |
| An' the sun shines blue an' murky | F |
| Kind o' sadly an' dishearted | E |
| Like ets sperret bed departed | E |
| Just ez ef ets joy bed ceased | E |
| Sence fair Jessica 's gone East | E |
| Not but what ets always sober | G |
| Sort o' weather in October | G |
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| Then the posies too seems human | C |
| An' hez all quit o' their bloomin' | C |
| An' the trees they show a pallor | G |
| An' hey turned a heart sick yaller | G |
| Sayin' No use livin' on | C |
| Ef fair Jessica hez gone | C |
| Folks thet knows sez this ez all | H |
| Very common in the fall | H |
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| Truth ez I'm a feelin' sadly | F |
| Things ez goin' kind o' badly | F |
| Round my heart an' other vitals | A |
| Brings on poetry recitals | A |
| O' my woes 'most ev'ry day | E |
| Sence fair Jessica's away | E |
| Kind o' think thet I will haf ter | G |
| Smoke a leetle less hereafter | G |
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| But with fun aside you know | C |
| We're blamed sorry she must go | C |
| An' we hope she'll think maybe | F |
| 'Z well o' us ez we o' she | F |
Ellis Parker Butler
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