At Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEDEE FFGGHHII JJKKLMNK OOPMKKQQ ROKKOOER OOFFDDKK| Whut time 'd dat clock strike | A |
| Nine No eight | B |
| I didn't think hit was so late | B |
| Aer chew I must 'a' got a cough | C |
| I raally b'lieve I did doze off | D |
| Hit's mighty soothin' to de tiah | E |
| A dozin' dis way by de fiah | D |
| Oo oom hit feels so good to stretch | E |
| I sutny is one weary wretch | E |
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| Look hyeah dat boy done gone to sleep | F |
| He des ain't wo'th his boa'd an' keep | F |
| I des don't b'lieve he'd bat his eyes | G |
| If Gab'el called him fo'm de skies | G |
| But sleepin's good dey ain't no doubt | H |
| Dis pipe o' mine is done gone out | H |
| Don't bu'n a minute bless my soul | I |
| Des please to han' me dat ah coal | I |
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| You 'Lias git up now my son | J |
| Seems lak my nap is des begun | J |
| You sutny mus' ma'k down de day | K |
| Wen I treats comp'ny dis away | K |
| W'y Brother Jones dat drowse come on | L |
| An' laws I dremp dat you was gone | M |
| You 'Lias whaih yo' mannahs suh | N |
| To hyeah me call an' nevah stuh | K |
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| To morrer mo'nin' w'en I call | O |
| Dat boy'll be sleepin' to beat all | O |
| Don't mek no diffunce how I roah | P |
| He'll des lay up an' sno' and sno' | M |
| Now boy you done hyeahed whut I said | K |
| You bettah tek yo'se'f yo baid | K |
| Case ef you gits me good an' wrong | Q |
| I'll mek dat sno' a diffunt song | Q |
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| Dis wood fiah is invitin' dho' | R |
| Hit seems to wa'm de ve'y flo' | O |
| An' nuffin' ain't a whit ez sweet | K |
| Ez settin' toastin' of yo' feet | K |
| Hit mek you drowsy too but La | O |
| Hyeah 'Lias don't you hyeah yo' ma | O |
| Ef I gits sta'ted f'om dis cheah | E |
| I' lay you scamp I'll mek you heah | R |
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| To morrer mo'nin' I kin bawl | O |
| Twell all de neighbohs hyeah me call | O |
| An' you'll be snoozin' des ez deep | F |
| Ez if de day was made fu' sleep | F |
| Hit's funny when you got a cough | D |
| Somehow yo' voice seems too fu' off | D |
| Can't wake dat boy fu' all I say | K |
| I reckon he'll sleep daih twell day | K |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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