Night Funeral In Harlem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EEFE AB GH IJKJ AB LM NEHE AB OPQPHPKPROSKTHKQHU ABNight funeral | A |
In Harlem | B |
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Where did they get | C |
Them two fine cars | D |
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Insurance man he did not pay | E |
His insurance lapsed the other day | E |
Yet they got a satin box | F |
for his head to lay | E |
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Night funeral | A |
In Harlem | B |
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Who was it sent | G |
That wreath of flowers | H |
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Them flowers came | I |
from that poor boy's friends | J |
They'll want flowers too | K |
When they meet their ends | J |
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Night funeral | A |
in Harlem | B |
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Who preached that | L |
Black boy to his grave | M |
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Old preacher man | N |
Preached that boy away | E |
Charged Five Dollars | H |
His girl friend had to pay | E |
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Night funeral | A |
In Harlem | B |
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When it was all over | O |
And the lid shut on his head | P |
and the organ had done played | Q |
and the last prayers been said | P |
and six pallbearers | H |
Carried him out for dead | P |
And off down Lenox Avenue | K |
That long black hearse done sped | P |
The street light | R |
At his corner | O |
Shined just like a tear | S |
That boy that they was mournin' | K |
Was so dear so dear | T |
To them folks that brought the flowers | H |
To that girl who paid the preacher man | K |
It was all their tears that made | Q |
That poor boy's | H |
Funeral grand | U |
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Night funeral | A |
In Harlem | B |
Langston Hughes
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