The Voice Of The Negro Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGAA HHII| All ye nations pause a moment listen to the Negro's voice | A |
| Coming up from all vocations where his life has made a choice | A |
| Listen to each rank or station as you cross the sea of time | B |
| It is heard in ev'ry nation any race and ev'ry clime | B |
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| If you'll go among the tradesmen and their work of worth inspect | C |
| If you'll tarry with the lowly and their lack of skill detect | C |
| If you'll travel o'er the planet filled with thought with action stirred | D |
| In them all you'll find my brother that the Negro's voice is heard | D |
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| Search the patents of invention or the soldiers record find | E |
| Peep into the author's study or the poet keep in mind | E |
| In the avenues of science or the broadest fields of art | F |
| You will hear the voice of Negroes as they bravely play their part | F |
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| As good lawyers and physicians or as men who're called to preach | G |
| As an orator and statesman who the hearts of people reach | G |
| As you view the great professions that have made the world rejoice | A |
| If you'll listen for a moment you will hear the Negro's voice | A |
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| 'Tis a voice that cries for justice not for favors to be shown | H |
| For an equal chance with others for a manhood of its own | H |
| Give that voice a proper hearing in the forum of the world | I |
| Then all prejudice and envy from the race will soon be hurled | I |
Lizelia Augusta Jenkins Moorer
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