After Many Days Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEFE GHIH JHKH DLBL| I've always been a faithful man | A |
| An' tried to live for duty | B |
| But the stringent mode of life | C |
| Has somewhat lost its beauty | B |
| - | |
| The story of the generous bread | D |
| He sent upon the waters | E |
| Which after many days returns | F |
| To trusting sons and daughters | E |
| - | |
| Had oft impressed me so I want | G |
| My soul influenced by it | H |
| And bought a loaf of bread and sought | I |
| A stream where I could try it | H |
| - | |
| I cast my bread upon the waves | J |
| And fancied then to await it | H |
| It had not floated far away | K |
| When a fish came up and ate it | H |
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| And if I want both fish and bread | D |
| And surely both I'm wanting | L |
| About the only way I see | B |
| Is for me to go fishing | L |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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