Poem For A Lady Whose Voice I Like Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DE FGH IJK LMN OLPQ H RS| so he said you ain't got no talent | A |
| if you didn't have a face | B |
| you wouldn't be nobody | C |
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| and she said god created heaven and earth | D |
| and all that's Black within them | E |
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| so he said you ain't really no hot shit | F |
| they tell me plenty sisters | G |
| take care better business than you | H |
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| and she said on the third day he made chitterlings | I |
| and all good things to eat | J |
| and said that's good | K |
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| so he said if the white folks hadn't been under | L |
| yo skirt and been giving you the big play | M |
| you'd a had to come on uptown like everybody else | N |
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| and she replied then he took a big Black greasy rib | O |
| from adam and said we will call this woeman and her | L |
| name will be sapphire and she will divide into four parts | P |
| that simone may sing a song | Q |
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| and he said you pretty full of yourself ain't chu | H |
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| so she replied show me someone not full of herself | R |
| and i'll show you a hungry person | S |
Nikki Giovanni
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