Appreciation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCE FGFG HIHI JKJK GLGL GGGG MGMG| My muvver's ist the nicest one | A |
| 'At ever lived wiz folks | B |
| She lets you have ze mostes' fun | A |
| An' laffs at all your jokes | B |
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| I got a ol' maid auntie too | C |
| The worst you ever saw | D |
| Her eyes ist bore you through and through | C |
| She ain't a bit like ma | E |
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| She's ist as slim as slim can be | F |
| An' when you want to slide | G |
| Down on ze balusters w'y she | F |
| Says 'at she's harrified | G |
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| She ain't as nice as Uncle Ben | H |
| What says 'at little boys | I |
| Won't never grow to be big men | H |
| Unless they're fond of noise | I |
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| But muvver's nicer zan 'em all | J |
| She calls you precious lamb | K |
| An' let's you roll your ten pin ball | J |
| An' spreads your bread wiz jam | K |
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| An' when you're bad she ist looks sad | G |
| You fink she's goin' to cry | L |
| An' when she don't you're awful glad | G |
| An' den you're good Oh my | L |
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| At night she takes ze softest hand | G |
| An' lays it on your head | G |
| An' says Be off to Sleepy Land | G |
| By way o' trundle bed | G |
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| So when you fink what muvver knows | M |
| An' aunts an' uncle tan't | G |
| It skeers a feller ist suppose | M |
| His muvver 'd been a aunt | G |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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