A Confidence Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDEEBBFFGGHHII JKLLMMNNOOKKFFFFPPQQ PPBBRRFFSSFBTTBBUUVV PPWWXXBYBBPPZZA2B2PP C2C2D2D2E2E2F2F2G2G2 PP| Uncle John he makes me tired | A |
| Thinks 'at he's jest so all fired | A |
| Smart 'at he kin pick up so | B |
| Ever'thing he wants to know | B |
| Tried to ketch me up last night | C |
| But you bet I would n't bite | C |
| I jest kep' the smoothes' face | D |
| But I led him sich a chase | D |
| Could n't corner me you bet | E |
| I skipped all the traps he set | E |
| Makin' out he wan'ed to know | B |
| Who was this an' that girl's beau | B |
| So 's he 'd find out don't you see | F |
| Who was goin' 'long with me | F |
| But I answers jest ez sly | G |
| An' I never winks my eye | G |
| Tell he hollers with a whirl | H |
| Look here ain't you got a girl | H |
| Y' ought 'o seen me spread my eyes | I |
| Like he 'd took me by surprise | I |
| An' I said Oh Uncle John | J |
| Never thought o' havin' one | K |
| An' somehow that seemed to tickle | L |
| Him an' he shelled out a nickel | L |
| Then you ought to seen me leave | M |
| Jest a laffin' in my sleeve | M |
| Fool him well I guess I did | N |
| He ain't on to this here kid | N |
| Got a girl well I guess yes | O |
| Got a dozen more or less | O |
| But I got one reely one | K |
| Not no foolin' ner no fun | K |
| Fur I 'm sweet on her you see | F |
| An' I ruther guess 'at she | F |
| Must be kinder sweet on me | F |
| So we 're keepin' company | F |
| Honest Injun this is true | P |
| Ever' word I 'm tellin' you | P |
| But you won't be sich a scab | Q |
| Ez to run aroun' an' blab | Q |
| Mebbe 't ain't the way with you | P |
| But you know some fellers do | P |
| Spoils a girl to let her know | B |
| 'At you talk about her so | B |
| Don't you know her her name 's Liz | R |
| Nicest girl in town she is | R |
| Purty ah git out you gilly | F |
| Liz 'ud purt 'nigh knock you silly | F |
| Y' ought 'o see her when she 's dressed | S |
| All up in her Sunday best | S |
| All the fellers nudgin' me | F |
| An' a whisperin' gemunee | B |
| Betcher life 'at I feel proud | T |
| When she passes by the crowd | T |
| 'T 's kinder nice to be a goin' | B |
| With a girl 'at makes some showin' | B |
| One you know 'at hain't no snide | U |
| Makes you feel so satisfied | U |
| An' I 'll tell you she 's a trump | V |
| Never even seen her jump | V |
| Like some silly girls 'ud do | P |
| When I 'd hide and holler Boo | P |
| She 'd jest laff an' say Git out | W |
| What you hollerin' about | W |
| When some girls 'ud have a fit | X |
| That 'un don't git skeered a bit | X |
| Never makes a bit o' row | B |
| When she sees a worm er cow | Y |
| Them kind 's few an' far between | B |
| Bravest girl I ever seen | B |
| Tell you 'nuther thing she 'll do | P |
| Mebbe you won't think it 's true | P |
| But if she 's jest got a dime | Z |
| She 'll go halvers ever' time | Z |
| Ah you goose you need n't laff | A2 |
| That's the kinder girl to have | B2 |
| If you knowed her like I do | P |
| Guess you 'd kinder like her too | P |
| Tell you somep'n' if you 'll swear | C2 |
| You won't tell it anywhere | C2 |
| Oh you got to cross yer heart | D2 |
| Earnest truly 'fore I start | D2 |
| Well one day I kissed her cheek | E2 |
| Gee but I felt cheap an' weak | E2 |
| 'Cause at first she kinder flared | F2 |
| 'N' gracious goodness I was scared | F2 |
| But I need n't been fer la | G2 |
| Why she never told her ma | G2 |
| That's what I call grit don't you | P |
| Sich a girl's worth stickin' to | P |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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