A Love Letter Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCCB DBDBEEEB FBFBGGGB| Oh I des received a letter f'om de sweetest little gal | A |
| Oh my oh my | B |
| She's my lovely little sweetheart an' her name is Sal | A |
| Oh my oh my | B |
| She writes me dat she loves me an' she loves me true | C |
| She wonders ef I'll tell huh dat I loves huh too | C |
| An' my heaht's so full o' music dat I do' know what to do | C |
| Oh my oh my | B |
| - | |
| I got a man to read it an' he read it fine | D |
| Oh my oh my | B |
| Dey ain' no use denying dat her love is mine | D |
| Oh my oh my | B |
| But hyeah's de t'ing dat's puttin' me in such a awful plight | E |
| I t'ink of huh at mornin' an' I dream of huh at night | E |
| But how's I gwine to cou't huh w'en I do' know how to write | E |
| Oh my oh my | B |
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| My heaht is bubblin' ovah wid de t'ings I want to say | F |
| Oh my oh my | B |
| An' dey's lots of folks to copy what I tell 'em fu' de pay | F |
| Oh my oh my | B |
| But dey's t'ings dat I's a t'inkin' dat is only fu' huh ears | G |
| An' I couldn't lu'n to write 'em ef I took a dozen years | G |
| So to go down daih an' tell huh is de only way it 'pears | G |
| Oh my oh my | B |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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