After A Visit Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDAEA FGHGHHHH IJKJHLAL AAAAMNANI be'n down in ole Kentucky | A |
Fur a week er two an' say | B |
'T wuz ez hard ez breakin' oxen | C |
Fur to tear myse'f away | B |
Allus argerin' 'bout fren'ship | D |
An' yer hospitality | A |
Y' ain't no right to talk about it | E |
Tell you be'n down there to see | A |
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See jest how they give you welcome | F |
To the best that's in the land | G |
Feel the sort o' grip they give you | H |
When they take you by the hand | G |
Hear 'em say We 're glad to have you | H |
Better stay a week er two | H |
An' the way they treat you makes you | H |
Feel that ev'ry word is true | H |
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Feed you tell you hear the buttons | I |
Crackin' on yore Sunday vest | J |
Haul you roun' to see the wonders | K |
Tell you have to cry for rest | J |
Drink yer health an' pet an' praise you | H |
Tell you git to feel ez great | L |
Ez the Sheriff o' the county | A |
Ez the Gov'ner o' the State | L |
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Wife she sez I must be crazy | A |
'Cause I go on so an' Nelse | A |
He 'lows Goodness gracious daddy | A |
Cain't you talk about nuthin' else | A |
Well pleg gone it I 'm jes' tickled | M |
Bein' tickled ain't no sin | N |
I be'n down in ole Kentucky | A |
An' I want o' go ag'in | N |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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