Human Family Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DDED FDGD HDDI JKLM DNOD PQDR DKSM ATUV UV UV| I note the obvious differences | A |
| in the human family | B |
| Some of us are serious | C |
| some thrive on comedy | B |
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| Some declare their lives are lived | D |
| as true profundity | D |
| and others claim they really live | E |
| the real reality | D |
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| The variety of our skin tones | F |
| can confuse bemuse delight | D |
| brown and pink and beige and purple | G |
| tan and blue and white | D |
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| I've sailed upon the seven seas | H |
| and stopped in every land | D |
| I've seen the wonders of the world | D |
| not yet one common man | I |
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| I know ten thousand women | J |
| called Jane and Mary Jane | K |
| but I've not seen any two | L |
| who really were the same | M |
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| Mirror twins are different | D |
| although their features jibe | N |
| and lovers think quite different thoughts | O |
| while lying side by side | D |
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| We love and lose in China | P |
| we weep on England's moors | Q |
| and laugh and moan in Guinea | D |
| and thrive on Spanish shores | R |
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| We seek success in Finland | D |
| are born and die in Maine | K |
| In minor ways we differ | S |
| in major we're the same | M |
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| I note the obvious differences | A |
| between each sort and type | T |
| but we are more alike my friends | U |
| than we are unalike | V |
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| We are more alike my friends | U |
| than we are unalike | V |
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| We are more alike my friends | U |
| than we are unalike | V |
Maya Angelou
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