Dough Face Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAA CD EFEF AAG HAHA IIA FJF AAKL MCMD HHNN FAFA FFOO HPHP AA ACAD AAQ| Made a face of biscuit dough | A |
| Which our black cook gave me once | B |
| And this girl named So and So | A |
| Said 't was funnier than a dunce | A |
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| And she took it put it on | C |
| Like a false face Had it drawn | D |
| Over all her face 'Ain't it ' | - |
| So she said 'a perfect fit ' | - |
| - | |
| She looked funny as a clown | E |
| And I called her Dough Face she | F |
| Laughed and said 'Let's saunter down | E |
| Where the people too can see | F |
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| Maybe one will recognize | A |
| In these features nose and eyes | A |
| Some long lost belov d child | G |
| And for very joy go wild ' | - |
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| It was getting dusk and there | H |
| At the corner stood some girls | A |
| When they saw us I declare | H |
| They just hollered tossed their curls | A |
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| Ran away and Dough Face fast | I |
| After them And running past | I |
| Came some boys who when they saw | A |
| Shouted at her 'Mardi Graw ' | - |
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| And one said 'That looks to me | F |
| Like that Girlie Good Enough | J |
| Just as dough faced is n't she | F |
| Get some dirt Let's treat her rough ' | - |
| - | |
| And they got soft mud to throw | A |
| Then she cried 'I'm So and So' | A |
| And the boys all shouted for | K |
| You must know she's popular | L |
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| Then we had great times we did | M |
| First one boy he tried it on | C |
| Then another and he hid | M |
| In a house where folks were gone | D |
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| Stood there at a window where | H |
| People passing in the square | H |
| Saw him and a nigger man | N |
| Scared to death just yelled and ran | N |
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| Then another fellow clomb | F |
| A back fence and put the face | A |
| Over his My he looked rum | F |
| Like a scarecrow in a place | A |
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| Where he never ought to be | F |
| And he rose up suddenly | F |
| By the window with a yell | O |
| And the cook she shrieked and fell | O |
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| But the house man who was there | H |
| In the kitchen was n't scared | P |
| He just jumped up from his chair | H |
| Banged the door wide out he flared | P |
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| Caught that boy and cried'police ' | - |
| Tore the dough mask piece by piece | A |
| From his face then So and So | A |
| Screamed at him 'You let him go ' | - |
| - | |
| On the hydrant was a hose | A |
| Quick she took it turned it on | C |
| Streamed it in his mouth and nose | A |
| In a moment we were gone | D |
| - | |
| Left him spluttering at our backs | A |
| Blind with water We made tracks | A |
| Home And So and So just crowed | Q |
| 'End of Dough Face ep i sode ' | - |
Madison Julius Cawein
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