Riot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CDECFGHIJ K KFLKK KKKKMCNJKJOK PKK| A riot is the language of the unheard | A |
| martin luther king | B |
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| John Cabot out of Wilma once a Wycliffe | C |
| all whitebluerose below his golden hair | D |
| wrapped richly in right linen and right wool | E |
| almost forgot his Jaguar and Lake Bluff | C |
| almost forgot Grandtully which is The | F |
| Best Thing That Ever Happened To Scotch almost | G |
| forgot the sculpture at the Richard Gray | H |
| and Distelheim the kidney pie at Maxim s | I |
| the Grenadine de Boeuf at Maison Henri | J |
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| Because the Negroes were coming down the street | K |
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| Because the Poor were sweaty and unpretty | K |
| not like Two Dainty Negroes in Winnetka | F |
| and they were coming toward him in rough ranks | L |
| In seas In windsweep They were black and loud | K |
| And not detainable And not discreet | K |
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| Gross Gross Que tu es grossier John Cabot | K |
| itched instantly beneath the nourished white | K |
| that told his story of glory to the World | K |
| Don t let It touch me the blackness Lord he whispered | K |
| to any handy angel in the sky | M |
| But in a thrilling announcement on It drove | C |
| and breathed on him and touched him In that breath | N |
| the fume of pig foot chitterling and cheap chili | J |
| malign mocked John And in terrific touch old | K |
| averted doubt jerked forward decently | J |
| cried Cabot John You are a desperate man | O |
| and the desperate die expensively today | K |
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| John Cabot went down in the smoke and fire | P |
| and broken glass and blood and he cried Lord | K |
| Forgive these nigguhs that know not what they do | K |
Gwendolyn Brooks
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