Kingdom Coming Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDECE FGCE DHDHCIJI KCDCCLIL EEDECEDE| Say darkeys hab you seen de massa | A |
| Wid de muffstash on his face | B |
| Go long de road some time dis mornin' | C |
| Like he gwine to leag de place | B |
| He seen a smoke way up de ribber | D |
| Whar de Linkum gumboats lay | E |
| He took his hat an' lef berry sudden | C |
| An' I spec he's run away | E |
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| De massa run ha ha | F |
| De darkey stay ho ho | G |
| It mus' be now de kingdom comin' | C |
| An' de year of Jubilo | E |
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| He six foot one way two foot tudder | D |
| An' he weigh tree hundred pound | H |
| His coat so big he couldn't pay de tailor | D |
| An' it won't go half way round | H |
| He drill so much they call him Cap'an | C |
| An' he get so drefful tann'd | I |
| I spec he try an' fool dem Yankees | J |
| For to tink he's contraband | I |
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| De darkey's feel so lonesome libing | K |
| in de loghouse on de lawn | C |
| Dey move dar things to massa's parlor | D |
| For to keep it while he's gone | C |
| Dar's wine an' cider in de kitchen | C |
| An' de darkey's dey'll hab some | L |
| I spose dey'll all be cornfiscated | I |
| When de Linkum sojers come | L |
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| De oberseer he make us trouble | E |
| An' he dribe us round a spell | E |
| We lock him up in de smokehouse cellar | D |
| Wid de key trown in de well | E |
| De whip is lost de han'cuff broken | C |
| But de massa'll hab his pay | E |
| He's ole enough big enough ought to known better | D |
| Dan to went an' run away | E |
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