Madam And The Phone Bill Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDC EFGH IJKJ LMNBM LMOM MPCP QRSR DTUT VT WXY X| You say I O K ed | A |
| LONG DISTANCE | B |
| O K ed it when | C |
| My goodness Central | D |
| That was then | C |
| - | |
| I'm mad and disgusted | E |
| With that Negro now | F |
| I don't pay no REVERSED | G |
| CHARGES nohow | H |
| - | |
| You say I will pay it | I |
| Else you'll take out my phone | J |
| You better let | K |
| My phone alone | J |
| - | |
| I didn't ask him | L |
| To telephone me | M |
| Roscoe knows darn well | N |
| LONG DISTANCE | B |
| Ain't free | M |
| - | |
| If I ever catch him | L |
| Lawd have pity | M |
| Calling me up | O |
| From Kansas City | M |
| - | |
| Just to say he loves me | M |
| I knowed that was so | P |
| Why didn't he tell me some'n | C |
| I don't know | P |
| - | |
| For instance what can | Q |
| Them other girls do | R |
| That Alberta K Johnson | S |
| Can't do and more too | R |
| - | |
| What's that Central | D |
| You say you don't care | T |
| Nothing about my | U |
| Private affair | T |
| - | |
| Well even less about your | V |
| PHONE BILL does I care | T |
| - | |
| Un humm m Yes | W |
| You say I gave my O K | X |
| Well that O K you may keep | Y |
| - | |
| But I sure ain't gonna pay | X |
Langston Hughes
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