Dat Gal O' Mine Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA BB CD EF CC GG| Skin as black an' jes as sof' as a velvet dress | A |
| Teeth as white as ivory well dey is I guess | A |
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| Eyes dat's jes as big an' bright as de evenin' star | B |
| An' dat hol' some sort o' light lublier by far | B |
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| Hair don't hang 'way down her back plaited up in rows | C |
| Wid de two en's dat's behin' tied wid ribben bows | D |
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| Han's dat raly wuz'n made fu' hard work I'm sho' | E |
| Got a little bit o' foot weahs a numbah fo' | F |
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| You jes oughtah see dat gal Sunday's w'en she goes | C |
| To de Baptis' meetin' house dressed in her bes' clo'es | C |
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| W'en she puts her w'ite dress on an' othah things so fine | G |
| Now Su' don't you know I'm proud o' dat gal o' mine | G |
James Weldon Johnson
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