Ain't That Bad? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFG EHEH AIAI JKKJJKL MNON PQRS TUVU WXYX JKKJJKL| Dancin' the funky chicken | A |
| Eatin' ribs and tips | B |
| Diggin' all the latest sounds | C |
| And drinkin' gin in sips | B |
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| Puttin' down that do rag | D |
| Tighten' up my 'fro | E |
| Wrappin' up in Blackness | F |
| Don't I shine and glow | G |
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| Hearin' Stevie Wonder | E |
| Cookin' beans and rice | H |
| Goin' to the opera | E |
| Checkin' out Leontyne Price | H |
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| Get down Jesse Jackson | A |
| Dance on Alvin Ailey | I |
| Talk Miss Barbara Jordan | A |
| Groove Miss Pearlie Bailey | I |
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| Now ain't they bad | J |
| An ain't they Black | K |
| An ain't they Black | K |
| An' ain't they Bad | J |
| An ain't they bad | J |
| An' ain't they Black | K |
| An' ain't they fine | L |
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| Black like the hour of the night | M |
| When your love turns and wriggles close to your side | N |
| Black as the earth which has given birth | O |
| To nations and when all else is gone will abide | N |
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| Bad as the storm that leaps raging from the heavens | P |
| Bringing the welcome rain | Q |
| Bad as the sun burning orange hot at midday | R |
| Lifting the waters again | S |
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| Arthur Ashe on the tennis court | T |
| Mohammed Ali in the ring | U |
| Andre Watts and Andrew Young | V |
| Black men doing their thing | U |
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| Dressing in purples and pinks and greens | W |
| Exotic as rum and Cokes | X |
| Living our lives with flash and style | Y |
| Ain't we colorful folks | X |
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| Now ain't we bad | J |
| An' ain't we Black | K |
| An' ain't we Black | K |
| An' ain't we bad | J |
| An' ain't we bad | J |
| An' ain't we Black | K |
| An' ain't we fine | L |
Maya Angelou
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