Merry-go-round Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDECFGHHBIH| Where is the Jim Crow section | A |
| On this merry go round | B |
| Mister cause I want to ride | C |
| Down South where I come from | D |
| White and colored | E |
| Can't sit side by side | C |
| Down South on the train | F |
| There's a Jim Crow car | G |
| On the bus we're put in the back | H |
| But there ain't no back | H |
| To a merry go round | B |
| Where's the horse | I |
| For a kid that's black | H |
Langston Hughes
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