Tunk Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A BB CC DD EF GG HH II JJ KK LM JJ FF BB

A Lecture on Modern EducationA
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Look heah Tunk Now ain't dis awful T'ought I sont you off to schoolB
Don't you know dat you is growin' up to be a reg'lah foolB
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Whah's dem books dat I's done bought you Look heah boy you tell me quickC
Whah's dat Webster blue back spellah an' dat bran' new 'rifmaticC
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W'ile I'm t'inkin' you is lahnin' in de school why bless ma soulD
You off in de woods a playin' Can't you do like you is toleD
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Boy I tell you it's jes scan'lous d'way dat you is goin' onE
An' you sholy go'n be sorry jes as true as you is bo'nF
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Heah I'm tryin' hard to raise you as a credit to dis raceG
An' you tryin' heap much harder fu' to come up in disgraceG
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Dese de days w'en men don't git up to de top by hooks an' crooksH
Tell you now dey's got to git der standin' on a pile o' booksH
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W'en you sees a darkey goin' to de fiel' as soon as lightI
Followin' a mule across it f'om de mawnin' tel de nightI
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Wukin' all his life fu' vittles hoein' 'tween de cott'n rowsJ
W'en he knocks off ole an' tiah'd ownin' nut'n but his clo'esJ
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You kin put it down to ignunce aftah all what's done an' saidK
You kin bet dat dat same darkey ain't got nut'n in his headK
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Ain't you seed dem w'ite men set'n in der awfice Don't you knowL
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 meansJ
Gals jes set an' play piannah on dem printin' press muchinesJ
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Chile dem men knows how to figgah how to use dat little penF
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 ruleB
Git dem books you lazy rascal Git back to yo' place in schoolB

James Weldon Johnson



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