Dely Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBCDCD EBEBBBBB BBBBFGGG HBHBDGDD IJIJGGGG GKGJLMLM KLKLNLML| Jes' lak toddy wahms you thoo' | A |
| Sets yo' haid a reelin' | B |
| Meks you ovah good and new | B |
| Dat 's de way I 's feelin' | B |
| Seems to me hit 's summah time | C |
| Dough hit 's wintah reely | D |
| I 's a feelin' jes' dat prime | C |
| An' huh name is Dely | D |
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| Dis hyeah love 's a cu'rus thing | E |
| Changes 'roun' de season | B |
| Meks you sad or meks you sing | E |
| 'Dout no urfly reason | B |
| Sometimes I go mopin' 'roun' | B |
| Den agin I 's leapin' | B |
| Sperits allus up an' down | B |
| Even when I 's sleepin' | B |
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| Fu' de dreams comes to me den | B |
| An' dey keeps me pitchin' | B |
| Lak de apple dumplin's w'en | B |
| Bilin' in de kitchen | B |
| Some one sot to do me hahm | F |
| Tryin' to ovahcome me | G |
| Ketchin' Dely by de ahm | G |
| So 's to tek huh f'om me | G |
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| Mon you bettah b'lieve I fights | H |
| Dough hit's on'y seemin' | B |
| I's a hittin' fu' my rights | H |
| Even w'en I 's dreamin' | B |
| But I 'd let you have 'em all | D |
| Give 'em to you freely | G |
| Good an' bad ones great an' small | D |
| So 's you leave me Dely | D |
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| Dely got dem meltin' eyes | I |
| Big an' black an' tendah | J |
| Dely jes' a lady size | I |
| Delikit an' slendah | J |
| Dely brown ez brown kin be | G |
| An' huh haih is curly | G |
| Oh she look so sweet to me | G |
| Bless de precious girlie | G |
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| Dely brown ez brown kin be | G |
| She ain' no mullatter | K |
| She pure cullud don' you see | G |
| Dat 's jes' whut 's de mattah | J |
| Dat 's de why I love huh so | L |
| D' ain't no mix about huh | M |
| Soon 's you see huh face you know | L |
| D' ain't no chanst to doubt huh | M |
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| Folks dey go to chu'ch an' pray | K |
| So 's to git a blessin' | L |
| Oomph dey bettah come my way | K |
| Dey could lu'n a lesson | L |
| Sabbaf day I don' go fu' | N |
| Jes' to see my pigeon | L |
| I jes' sets an' looks at huh | M |
| Dat's enuff 'uligion | L |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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