A Cabin Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: A ABCCDDEEAAFFGEHHIHJJ IKLLMMHHNKHHLLOOMMOO PPMMLLPP IQRRHHPPAAOOPPLLOOKI AASSOOSSAAAATTEESSIE TTAAAAOOAASISSPPOOSI OOEE

The Young Master Asks For A StoryA
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Whut you say dah huh uh chileA
You 's enough to dribe me wileB
Want a sto'y jes' hyeah datC
Whah' 'll I git a sto'y atC
Di'n' I tell you th'ee las' nightD
Go 'way honey you ain't rightD
I got somep'n' else to doE
'Cides jes' tellin' tales to youE
Tell you jes' one Lem me seeA
Whut dat one's a gwine to beA
When you 's ole yo membry failsF
Seems lak I do' know no talesF
Well set down dah in dat cheerG
Keep still ef you wants to hyeahE
Tek dat chin up off yo' han'sH
Set up nice now Goodness lan'sH
Hol' yo'se'f up lak yo' paI
Bet nobidy evah sawH
Him scrunched down lak you was denJ
High tone boys meks high tone menJ
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Once dey was a ole black bahI
Used to live 'roun' hyeah some whahK
In a cave He was so bigL
He could ca'y off a pigL
Lak you picks a chicken upM
Er yo' leetles' bit o' pupM
An' he had two gread big eyesH
Jes' erbout a saucer's sizeH
Why dey looked lak balls o' fiahN
Jumpin' 'roun' erpon a wiahK
W'en dat bah was mad an' lawsH
But you ought to seen his pawsH
Did I see 'em How you 'specL
I 's a gwine to ricollec'L
Dis hyeah ya'n I 's try'n' to spinO
Ef you keeps on puttin' inO
You keep still an' don't you cheepM
Less I 'll sen' you off to sleepM
Dis hyeah bah 'd go trompin' 'roun'O
Eatin' evahthing he foun'O
No one could n't have a fa'mP
But dat bah 'u'd do' em ha'mP
And dey could n't ketch de scampM
Anywhah he wan'ed to trampM
Dah de scoun'el 'd mek his trackL
Do his du't an' come on backL
He was sich a sly ole limbP
Traps was jes' lak fun to himP
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Now down neah whah Mistah BahI
Lived dey was a weasel dahQ
But dey was n't fren's a tallR
Case de weasel was so smallR
An' de bah 'u'd jes' fu' sassH
Tu'n his nose up w'en he 'd passH
Weasels 's small o' cose but myP
Dem air animiles is slyP
So dis hyeah one says says heA
I 'll jes' fix dat bah you seeA
So he fixes up his planO
An' hunts up de fa'mermanO
When de fa'mer see him comeP
He 'mence lookin' mighty glumP
An' he ketches up a stickL
But de weasel speak up quickL
Hol' on Mistah Fa'mer manO
I wan' 'splain a little planO
Ef you waits I 'll tell you whahK
An' jes' how to ketch ol' BahI
But I tell yow now you mus'A
Gin me one fat chicken fus'A
Den de man he scratch his haidS
Las' he say I'll mek de tradeS
So de weasel et his henO
Smacked his mouf and says Well denO
Set yo' trap an' bait ternightS
An' I 'll ketch de bah all rightS
Den he ups an' goes to seeA
Mistah Bah an' says says heA
Well fren' Bah we ain't been fren'sA
But ternight ha'd feelin' 'en'sA
Ef you ain't too proud to stealT
We kin git a splendid mealT
Cose I would n't come to youE
But it mus' be done by twoE
Hit's a trap but we kin beatS
All dey tricks an' git de meatS
Cose I 's wif you says de bahI
Come on weasel show me whahE
Well dey trots erlong ontwellT
Dat air meat beginned to smellT
In de trap Den weasel sayA
Now you put yo' paw dis wayA
While I hol' de spring back soA
Den you grab de meat an' goA
Well de bah he had to grinO
Ez he put his big paw inO
Den he juked up but kerbingA
Weasel done let go de springA
Dah now says de weasel dahS
I done cotched you Mistah BahI
O dat bah did sno't and spoutS
Try'n' his bestes' to git outS
But de weasel say Goo' byeP
Weasel small but weasel slyP
Den he tu'ned his back an' runO
Tol' de fa'mer whut he doneO
So de fa'mer come down dahS
Wif a axe and killed de bahI
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Dah now ain't dat sto'y fineO
Run erlong now nevah min'O
Want some mo' you rascal youE
No suh no suh dat 'll doE

Paul Laurence Dunbar



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