A Spring Wooing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH EIEIEJEJ IAKAELEM| Come on walkin' wid me Lucy 't ain't no time to mope erroun' | A |
| Wen de sunshine 's shoutin' glory in de sky | B |
| An' de little Johnny Jump Ups 's jes' a springin' f'om de groun' | A |
| Den a lookin' roun' to ax each othah w'y | B |
| Don' you hyeah dem cows a mooin' Dat 's dey howdy to de spring | C |
| Ain' dey lookin' most oncommon satisfied | D |
| Hit 's enough to mek a body want to spread dey mouf an' sing | C |
| Jes' to see de critters all so spa'klin' eyed | D |
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| W'y dat squir'l dat jes' run past us ef I did n' know his tricks | E |
| I could swaih he 'd got 'uligion jes' to day | F |
| An' dem liza'ds slippin' back an' fofe ermong de stones an' sticks | E |
| Is a wigglin' 'cause dey feel so awful gay | F |
| Oh I see yo' eyes a shinin' dough you try to mek me b'lieve | G |
| Dat you ain' so monst'ous happy 'cause you come | H |
| But I tell you dis hyeah weathah meks it moughty ha'd to 'ceive | G |
| Ef a body's soul ain' blin' an' deef an' dumb | H |
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| Robin whistlin' ovah yandah ez he buil' his little nes' | E |
| Whut you reckon dat he sayin' to his mate | I |
| He's a sayin' dat he love huh in de wo'ds she know de bes' | E |
| An' she lookin' moughty pleased at whut he state | I |
| Now Miss Lucy dat ah robin sholy got his sheer o' sense | E |
| An' de hen bird got huh mothah wit fu' true | J |
| So I t'ink ef you 'll ixcuse me fu' I do' mean no erfence | E |
| Dey 's a lesson in dem birds fu' me an' you | J |
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| I 's a buil'in' o' my cabin an' I 's vines erbove de do' | I |
| Fu' to kin' o' gin it sheltah f'om de sun | A |
| Gwine to have a little kitchen wid a reg'lar wooden flo' | K |
| An' dey 'll be a back verandy w'en hit 's done | A |
| I 's a waitin' fu' you Lucy tek de 'zample o' de birds | E |
| Dat 's a lovin' an' a matin' evahwhaih | L |
| I cain' tell you dat I loves you in de robin's music wo'ds | E |
| But my cabin 's talkin' fu' me ovah thaih | M |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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