A Plantation Portrait Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EEBBAAFF GGGGHHII JJKKLLBB MMDDAANO| Hain't you see my Mandy Lou | A |
| Is it true | A |
| Whaih you been f'om day to day | B |
| Whaih I say | B |
| Dat you say you nevah seen | C |
| Dis hyeah queen | C |
| Walkin' roun' f'om fiel' to street | D |
| Smilin' sweet | D |
| - | |
| Slendah ez a saplin' tree | E |
| Seems to me | E |
| Wen de win' blow f'om de bay | B |
| She jes' sway | B |
| Lak de reg'lar saplin' do | A |
| Ef hit's grew | A |
| Straight an' graceful 'dout a limb | F |
| Sweet an' slim | F |
| - | |
| Browner den de frush's wing | G |
| An' she sing | G |
| Lak he mek his wa'ble ring | G |
| In de spring | G |
| But she sholy beat de frush | H |
| Hyeah me hush | H |
| Wen she sing huh teef kin show | I |
| White ez snow | I |
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| Eyes ez big an' roun' an' bright | J |
| Ez de light | J |
| Whut de moon gives in de prime | K |
| Harvest time | K |
| An' huh haih a woolly skein | L |
| Black an' plain | L |
| Hol's you wid a natchul twis' | B |
| Close to bliss | B |
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| Tendah han's dat mek yo' own | M |
| Feel lak stone | M |
| Easy steppin' blessid feet | D |
| Small an' sweet | D |
| Hain't you seen my Mandy Lou | A |
| Is it true | A |
| Look at huh befo' she's gone | N |
| Den pass on | O |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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