A Grievance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEF EAEAGHGI BGBGEEEA EBEEJKJK ABABALAL| Wen de snow 's a fallin' | A |
| An' de win' is col' | B |
| Mammy 'mence a callin' | A |
| Den she 'mence to scol' | B |
| Lucius Lishy Brackett | C |
| Don't you go out do's | D |
| Button up yo' jacket | E |
| Les'n you 'll git froze | F |
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| I sit at de windah | E |
| Lookin' at de groun' | A |
| Nuffin nigh to hindah | E |
| Mammy ain' erroun' | A |
| Wish 't she would n' mek me | G |
| Set down in dis chaih | H |
| Pshaw it would n't tek me | G |
| Long to git some aih | I |
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| So I jump down nimble | B |
| Ez a boy kin be | G |
| Dough I 's all a trimble | B |
| Feahed some one 'll see | G |
| Bet in a half a minute | E |
| I fly out de do' | E |
| An' I 's knee deep in it | E |
| Dat dah blessed snow | A |
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| Den I hyeah a pattah | E |
| Come acrost de flo' | B |
| Den dey comes a clattah | E |
| At de cabin do' | E |
| An' my mammy holler | J |
| Spoilin' all my joy | K |
| Come in f'om dat waller | J |
| Don't I see you boy | K |
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| Wen de snow 's a sievin' | A |
| Down ez sof ez meal | B |
| Whut 's de use o' livin' | A |
| 'Cept you got de feel | B |
| Of de stuff dat's fallin' | A |
| 'Roun' an' white an' damp | L |
| 'Dout some one a callin' | A |
| Come in hyeah you scamp | L |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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