Accountability Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH| Folks ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits | A |
| Him dat giv' de squir'ls de bushtails made de bobtails fu' de rabbits | A |
| Him dat built de gread big mountains hollered out de little valleys | B |
| Him dat made de streets an' driveways wasn't shamed to make de alleys | B |
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| We is all constructed diff'ent d'ain't no two of us de same | C |
| We cain't he'p ouah likes an' dislikes ef we'se bad we ain't to blame | C |
| Ef we 'se good we need n't show off case you bet it ain't ouah doin' | D |
| We gits into su'ttain channels dat we jes' cain't he'p pu'suin' | D |
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| But we all fits into places dat no othah ones could fill | E |
| An' we does the things we has to big er little good er ill | E |
| John cain't tek de place o' Henry Su an' Sally ain't alike | F |
| Bass ain't nuthin' like a suckah chub ain't nuthin' like a pike | F |
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| When you come to think about it how it 's all planned out it 's splendid | G |
| Nuthin 's done er evah happens 'dout hit 's somefin' dat 's intended | G |
| Don't keer whut you does you has to an' hit sholy beats de dickens | H |
| Viney go put on de kittle I got one o' mastah's chickens | H |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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