A Florida Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCC DEDECCCE FAFAEEEA| Win' a blowin' gentle so de san' lay low | A |
| San' a little heavy f'om de rain | B |
| All de pa'ms a wavin' an' a weavin' slow | A |
| Sighin' lak a sinnah soul in pain | B |
| Alligator grinnin' by de ol' lagoon | C |
| Mockin' bird a singin' to be big full moon | C |
| 'Skeeter go a skimmin' to his fightin' chune | C |
| Lizy Ann's a waitin' in de lane | C |
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| Moccasin a sleepin' in de cyprus swamp | D |
| Need n't wake de gent'man not fu' me | E |
| Mule you need n't wake him w'en you switch an' stomp | D |
| Fightin' off a 'skeeter er a flea | E |
| Florida is lovely she's de fines' lan' | C |
| Evah seed de sunlight f'om de Mastah's han' | C |
| 'Ceptin' fu' de varmints an' huh fleas an' san' | C |
| An' de nights w'en Lizy Ann ain' free | E |
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| Moon 's a kinder shaddered on de melon patch | F |
| No one ain't a watchin' ez I go | A |
| Climbin' of de fence so 's not to click de latch | F |
| Meks my gittin' in a little slow | A |
| Watermelon smilin' as it say I' s free | E |
| Alligator boomin' but I let him be | E |
| Florida oh Florida 's de lan' fu' me | E |
| Lizy Ann a singin' sweet an' low | A |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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