Trumpet Player Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEBBD ABFGHIJG KBELMBEL LNODLEPD ABQRAB SRETST| The Negro | A |
| With the trumpet at his lips | B |
| Has dark moons of weariness | C |
| Beneath his eyes | D |
| where the smoldering memory | E |
| of slave ships | B |
| Blazed to the crack of whips | B |
| about thighs | D |
| - | |
| The negro | A |
| with the trumpet at his lips | B |
| has a head of vibrant hair | F |
| tamed down | G |
| patent leathered now | H |
| until it gleams | I |
| like jet | J |
| were jet a crown | G |
| - | |
| the music | K |
| from the trumpet at his lips | B |
| is honey | E |
| mixed with liquid fire | L |
| the rhythm | M |
| from the trumpet at his lips | B |
| is ecstasy | E |
| distilled from old desire | L |
| - | |
| Desire | L |
| that is longing for the moon | N |
| where the moonlight's but a spotlight | O |
| in his eyes | D |
| desire | L |
| that is longing for the sea | E |
| where the sea's a bar glass | P |
| sucker size | D |
| - | |
| The Negro | A |
| with the trumpet at his lips | B |
| whose jacket | Q |
| Has a fine one button roll | R |
| does not know | A |
| upon what riff the music slips | B |
| - | |
| It's hypodermic needle | S |
| to his soul | R |
| but softly | E |
| as the tune comes from his throat | T |
| trouble | S |
| mellows to a golden note | T |
Langston Hughes
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