Negro Speaks Of Rivers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC A DEFGHI AA A| I've known rivers | A |
| I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the | B |
| flow of human blood in human veins | C |
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| My soul has grown deep like the rivers | A |
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| I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young | D |
| I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep | E |
| I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it | F |
| I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln | G |
| went down to New Orleans and I've seen its muddy | H |
| bosom turn all golden in the sunset | I |
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| I've known rivers | A |
| Ancient dusky rivers | A |
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| My soul has grown deep like the rivers | A |
Langston Hughes
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