Tunk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BB CC DD EF GG HH II JJ KK LM JJ FF BBA Lecture on Modern Education | A |
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Look heah Tunk Now ain't dis awful T'ought I sont you off to school | B |
Don't you know dat you is growin' up to be a reg'lah fool | B |
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Whah's dem books dat I's done bought you Look heah boy you tell me quick | C |
Whah's dat Webster blue back spellah an' dat bran' new 'rifmatic | C |
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W'ile I'm t'inkin' you is lahnin' in de school why bless ma soul | D |
You off in de woods a playin' Can't you do like you is tole | D |
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Boy I tell you it's jes scan'lous d'way dat you is goin' on | E |
An' you sholy go'n be sorry jes as true as you is bo'n | F |
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Heah I'm tryin' hard to raise you as a credit to dis race | G |
An' you tryin' heap much harder fu' to come up in disgrace | G |
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Dese de days w'en men don't git up to de top by hooks an' crooks | H |
Tell you now dey's got to git der standin' on a pile o' books | H |
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W'en you sees a darkey goin' to de fiel' as soon as light | I |
Followin' a mule across it f'om de mawnin' tel de night | I |
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Wukin' all his life fu' vittles hoein' 'tween de cott'n rows | J |
W'en he knocks off ole an' tiah'd ownin' nut'n but his clo'es | J |
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You kin put it down to ignunce aftah all what's done an' said | K |
You kin bet dat dat same darkey ain't got nut'n in his head | K |
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Ain't you seed dem w'ite men set'n in der awfice Don't you know | L |
Dey goes der 'bout nine each mawnin Bless yo' soul dey's out by fo' | M |
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Dey jes does a little writin' does dat by some easy means | J |
Gals jes set an' play piannah on dem printin' press muchines | J |
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Chile dem men knows how to figgah how to use dat little pen | F |
An' dey knows dat blue back spellah f'om beginnin' to de en' | F |
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Dat's de 'fect of education dat's de t'ing what's gwine to rule | B |
Git dem books you lazy rascal Git back to yo' place in school | B |
James Weldon Johnson
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