Preacher, Don't Send Me Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE DGHGIJKJ LAMANMOM PQRQSTUT| Preacher don't send me | A |
| when I die | B |
| to some big ghetto | C |
| in the sky | B |
| where rats eat cats | D |
| of the leopard type | E |
| and Sunday brunch | F |
| is grits and tripe | E |
| - | |
| I've known those rats | D |
| I've seen them kill | G |
| and grits I've had | H |
| would make a hill | G |
| or maybe a mountain | I |
| so what I need | J |
| from you on Sunday | K |
| is a different creed | J |
| - | |
| Preacher please don't | L |
| promise me | A |
| streets of gold | M |
| and milk for free | A |
| I stopped all milk | N |
| at four years old | M |
| and once I'm dead | O |
| I won't need gold | M |
| - | |
| I'd call a place | P |
| pure paradise | Q |
| where families are loyal | R |
| and strangers are nice | Q |
| where the music is jazz | S |
| and the season is fall | T |
| Promise me that | U |
| or nothing at all | T |
Maya Angelou
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