The Hoodoo Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCCCCC BBBBDDCECF| Owned a pair o' skates onc't Traded | A |
| Fer 'em stropped 'em on and waded | A |
| Up and down the crick a waitin' | B |
| Tel she'd freeze up fit fer skatin' | B |
| Mildest winter I remember | C |
| More like Spring than Winter weather | C |
| Did n't frost tel bout December | C |
| Git up airly ketch a' feather | C |
| Of it mayby 'crost the winder | C |
| Sunshine swinge it like a cinder | C |
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| Well I waited and kep ' waitin' | B |
| Couldn't see my money's w'oth in | B |
| Them air skates and was no skatin' | B |
| Ner no hint o' ice ner nothin' | B |
| So one day along in airly | D |
| Spring I swopped 'em off and barely | D |
| Closed the dicker 'fore the weather | C |
| Natchurly jes slipped the ratchet | E |
| And crick tail race all together | C |
| Froze so tight cat couldn't scratch it | F |
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