Cross Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFBGB| My old man's a white old man | A |
| And my old mother's black | B |
| If ever I cursed my white old man | A |
| I take my curses back | B |
| If ever I cursed my black old mother | C |
| And wished she were in hell | D |
| I'm sorry for that evil wish | E |
| And now I wish her well | D |
| My old man died in a fine big house | F |
| My ma died in a shack | B |
| I wonder where I'm going to die | G |
| Being neither white nor black | B |
Langston Hughes
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