A Corn-song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEE FFGHHG DDEE IIJKKJ DDEE LLBMMB DDEE| On the wide veranda white | A |
| In the purple failing light | A |
| Sits the master while the sun is lowly burning | B |
| And his dreamy thoughts are drowned | C |
| In the softly flowing sound | C |
| Of the corn songs of the field hands slow returning | B |
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| Oh we hoe de co'n | D |
| Since de ehly mo'n | D |
| Now de sinkin' sun | E |
| Says de day is done | E |
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| O'er the fields with heavy tread | F |
| Light of heart and high of head | F |
| Though the halting steps be labored slow and weary | G |
| Still the spirits brave and strong | H |
| Find a comforter in song | H |
| And their corn song rises ever loud and cheery | G |
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| Oh we hoe de co'n | D |
| Since de ehly mo'n | D |
| Now de sinkin' sun | E |
| Says de day is done | E |
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| To the master in his seat | I |
| Comes the burden full and sweet | I |
| Of the mellow minor music growing clearer | J |
| As the toilers raise the hymn | K |
| Thro' the silence dusk and dim | K |
| To the cabin's restful shelter drawing nearer | J |
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| Oh we hoe de co'n | D |
| Since de ehly mo'n | D |
| Now de sinkin' sun | E |
| Says de day is done | E |
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| And a tear is in the eye | L |
| Of the master sitting by | L |
| As he listens to the echoes low replying | B |
| To the music's fading calls | M |
| As it faints away and falls | M |
| Into silence deep within the cabin dying | B |
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| Oh we hoe de co'n | D |
| Since de ehly mo'n | D |
| Now de sinkin' sun | E |
| Says de day is done | E |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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