Brass Spittoons Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFFFGAHIJKAHIJF DKDKLMKNFKAOFFPAOQRA| Clean the spittoons boy | A |
| Detroit | B |
| Chicago | C |
| Atlantic City | D |
| Palm Beach | E |
| Clean the spittoons | F |
| The steam in hotel kitchens | F |
| And the smoke in hotel lobbies | F |
| And the slime in hotel spittoons | F |
| Part of my life | G |
| Hey boy | A |
| A nickel | H |
| A dime | I |
| A dollar | J |
| Two dollars a day | K |
| Hey boy | A |
| A nickel | H |
| A dime | I |
| A dollar | J |
| Two dollars | F |
| Buy shoes for the baby | D |
| House rent to pay | K |
| Gin on Saturday | D |
| Church on Sunday | K |
| My God | L |
| Babies and gin and church | M |
| And women and Sunday | K |
| All mixed with dimes and | N |
| Dollars and clean spittoons | F |
| And house rent to pay | K |
| Hey boy | A |
| A bright bowl of brass is beautiful to the Lord | O |
| Bright polished brass like the cymbals | F |
| Of King David s dancers | F |
| Like the wine cups of Solomon | P |
| Hey boy | A |
| A clean spittoon on the altar of the Lord | O |
| A clean bright spittoon all newly polished | Q |
| At least I can offer that | R |
| Com mere boy | A |
Langston Hughes
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