Sylvester-s Dying Bed Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACDC EFGH AIBJ AKAKEK LMNM OM| I woke up this mornin | A |
| Bout half past three | B |
| All the womens in town | A |
| Was gathered round me | B |
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| Sweet gals was a moanin | A |
| Sylvester s gonna die | C |
| And a hundred pretty mamas | D |
| Bowed their heads to cry | C |
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| I woke up little later | E |
| Bout half past fo | F |
| The doctor n undertaker s | G |
| Both at ma do | H |
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| Black gals was a beggin | A |
| You can t leave us here | I |
| Brown skins cryin Daddy | B |
| Honey Baby Don t go dear | J |
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| But I felt ma time s a comin | A |
| And I know d I s dyin fast | K |
| I seed the River Jerden | A |
| A creepin muddy past | K |
| But I s still Sweet Papa Vester | E |
| Yes sir Long as life do last | K |
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| So I hollers Com ere babies | L |
| Fo to love yo daddy right | M |
| And I reaches up to hug em | N |
| When the Lawd put out the light | M |
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| Then everything was darkness | O |
| In a great big night | M |
Langston Hughes
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