A Cabin Tale Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A ABCCDDEEAAFFGEHHIHJJ IKLLMMHHNKHHLLOOMMOO PPMMLLPP IQRRHHPPAAOOPPLLOOKI AASSOOSSAAAATTEESSIE TTAAAAOOAASISSPPOOSI OOEEThe 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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