A Cabin Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABCCDDEEAAFFGEHHIHJJ IKLLMMHHNKHHLLOOMMOO PPMMLLPP IQRRHHPPAAOOPPLLOOKI AASSOOSSAAAATTEESSIE TTAAAAOOAASISSPPOOSI OOEE| The Young Master Asks For A Story | A |
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| Whut you say dah huh uh chile | A |
| You 's enough to dribe me wile | B |
| Want a sto'y jes' hyeah dat | C |
| Whah' 'll I git a sto'y at | C |
| Di'n' I tell you th'ee las' night | D |
| Go 'way honey you ain't right | D |
| I got somep'n' else to do | E |
| 'Cides jes' tellin' tales to you | E |
| Tell you jes' one Lem me see | A |
| Whut dat one's a gwine to be | A |
| When you 's ole yo membry fails | F |
| Seems lak I do' know no tales | F |
| Well set down dah in dat cheer | G |
| Keep still ef you wants to hyeah | E |
| Tek dat chin up off yo' han's | H |
| Set up nice now Goodness lan's | H |
| Hol' yo'se'f up lak yo' pa | I |
| Bet nobidy evah saw | H |
| Him scrunched down lak you was den | J |
| High tone boys meks high tone men | J |
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| Once dey was a ole black bah | I |
| Used to live 'roun' hyeah some whah | K |
| In a cave He was so big | L |
| He could ca'y off a pig | L |
| Lak you picks a chicken up | M |
| Er yo' leetles' bit o' pup | M |
| An' he had two gread big eyes | H |
| Jes' erbout a saucer's size | H |
| Why dey looked lak balls o' fiah | N |
| Jumpin' 'roun' erpon a wiah | K |
| W'en dat bah was mad an' laws | H |
| But you ought to seen his paws | H |
| Did I see 'em How you 'spec | L |
| I 's a gwine to ricollec' | L |
| Dis hyeah ya'n I 's try'n' to spin | O |
| Ef you keeps on puttin' in | O |
| You keep still an' don't you cheep | M |
| Less I 'll sen' you off to sleep | M |
| Dis hyeah bah 'd go trompin' 'roun' | O |
| Eatin' evahthing he foun' | O |
| No one could n't have a fa'm | P |
| But dat bah 'u'd do' em ha'm | P |
| And dey could n't ketch de scamp | M |
| Anywhah he wan'ed to tramp | M |
| Dah de scoun'el 'd mek his track | L |
| Do his du't an' come on back | L |
| He was sich a sly ole limb | P |
| Traps was jes' lak fun to him | P |
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| Now down neah whah Mistah Bah | I |
| Lived dey was a weasel dah | Q |
| But dey was n't fren's a tall | R |
| Case de weasel was so small | R |
| An' de bah 'u'd jes' fu' sass | H |
| Tu'n his nose up w'en he 'd pass | H |
| Weasels 's small o' cose but my | P |
| Dem air animiles is sly | P |
| So dis hyeah one says says he | A |
| I 'll jes' fix dat bah you see | A |
| So he fixes up his plan | O |
| An' hunts up de fa'merman | O |
| When de fa'mer see him come | P |
| He 'mence lookin' mighty glum | P |
| An' he ketches up a stick | L |
| But de weasel speak up quick | L |
| Hol' on Mistah Fa'mer man | O |
| I wan' 'splain a little plan | O |
| Ef you waits I 'll tell you whah | K |
| An' jes' how to ketch ol' Bah | I |
| But I tell yow now you mus' | A |
| Gin me one fat chicken fus' | A |
| Den de man he scratch his haid | S |
| Las' he say I'll mek de trade | S |
| So de weasel et his hen | O |
| Smacked his mouf and says Well den | O |
| Set yo' trap an' bait ternight | S |
| An' I 'll ketch de bah all right | S |
| Den he ups an' goes to see | A |
| Mistah Bah an' says says he | A |
| Well fren' Bah we ain't been fren's | A |
| But ternight ha'd feelin' 'en's | A |
| Ef you ain't too proud to steal | T |
| We kin git a splendid meal | T |
| Cose I would n't come to you | E |
| But it mus' be done by two | E |
| Hit's a trap but we kin beat | S |
| All dey tricks an' git de meat | S |
| Cose I 's wif you says de bah | I |
| Come on weasel show me whah | E |
| Well dey trots erlong ontwell | T |
| Dat air meat beginned to smell | T |
| In de trap Den weasel say | A |
| Now you put yo' paw dis way | A |
| While I hol' de spring back so | A |
| Den you grab de meat an' go | A |
| Well de bah he had to grin | O |
| Ez he put his big paw in | O |
| Den he juked up but kerbing | A |
| Weasel done let go de spring | A |
| Dah now says de weasel dah | S |
| I done cotched you Mistah Bah | I |
| O dat bah did sno't and spout | S |
| Try'n' his bestes' to git out | S |
| But de weasel say Goo' bye | P |
| Weasel small but weasel sly | P |
| Den he tu'ned his back an' run | O |
| Tol' de fa'mer whut he done | O |
| So de fa'mer come down dah | S |
| Wif a axe and killed de bah | I |
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| Dah now ain't dat sto'y fine | O |
| Run erlong now nevah min' | O |
| Want some mo' you rascal you | E |
| No suh no suh dat 'll do | E |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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