The Way It Wuz Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDDEFEGFAG GGGGGGHGAG III IIJ IJKKIAI IIGJJLMJLMJJJIJIIJJA I IKIKIJJJI IJIAI| Las' July an' I persume | A |
| 'Bout as hot | B |
| As the ole Gran' Jury room | A |
| Where they sot | C |
| Fight 'twixt Mike an' Dock McGriff | D |
| 'Pears to me jes' like as if | D |
| I'd a dremp' the whole blame thing | E |
| Allus ha'nts me roun' the gizzard | F |
| When they're nightmares on the wing | E |
| An' a feller's blood's jes' friz | G |
| Seed the row from a to izzard | F |
| 'Cause I wuz a standin' as clost to 'em | A |
| As me an' you is | G |
| - | |
| Tell you the way it wuz | G |
| An' I do n't want to see | G |
| Like some fellers does | G |
| When they 're goern to be | G |
| Any kind o' fuss | G |
| On'y makes a rumpus wuss | G |
| Far to interfere | H |
| When their dander's riz | G |
| But I wuz a standin' as clost to 'em | A |
| As me an' you is | G |
| - | |
| I wuz kind o' strayin' | I |
| Past the blame saloon | I |
| Heerd some fiddler playin' | I |
| That 'ole hee cup tune ' | - |
| Sort o' stopped you know | I |
| Far a minit er so | I |
| And wuz jes' about | J |
| - | |
| Settin' down when Jeemses whizz | I |
| Whole durn winder sash fell out | J |
| An' there laid Doc McGriff and Mike | K |
| A straddlin' him all bloody like | K |
| An' both a gittin' down to biz | I |
| An' I wuz a standin' as clost to 'em | A |
| As me an' you is | I |
| - | |
| I wuz the on'y man aroun' | I |
| Durn old fogy town | I |
| 'Peared more like to me | G |
| Sund'y 'an Saturd'y | J |
| Dog come 'crost the road | J |
| An' tuck a smell | L |
| An' put right back | M |
| Mishler driv by 'ith a load | J |
| O' cantalo'pes he couldn't sell | L |
| Too mad 'y jack | M |
| To even ast | J |
| What wuz up as he went past | J |
| Weather most outrageous hot | J |
| Fairly hear it sizz | I |
| Roun' Dock an' Mike till Dock he shot | J |
| An' Mike he slacked that grip o' his | I |
| An' fell all spraddled out Dock riz | I |
| 'Bout half up a spittin' red | J |
| An' shuck his head | J |
| An' I wuz a standin' as clost to 'em | A |
| As me an' you is | I |
| - | |
| An' Dock he says | I |
| A whisperin' like | K |
| 'It hain't no use | I |
| A tryin' Mike | K |
| He's jes' ripped my daylights loose | I |
| Git that blame don fiddler to | J |
| Let up an' come out here You | J |
| Got some burryin' to do | J |
| Mike makes one an' I expects | I |
| In ten seconds I'll make two ' | - |
| And he drapped back where he riz | I |
| 'Crost Mike's body black and blue | J |
| Like a great big letter X | I |
| An' I wuz a standin' as clost to 'em | A |
| As me an' you is | I |
James Whitcomb Riley
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