Differences Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBAB DEFEDE GCHCGC IJKJIJ| My neighbor lives on the hill | A |
| And I in the valley dwell | B |
| My neighbor must look down on me | C |
| Must I look up ah well | B |
| My neighbor lives on the hill | A |
| And I in the valley dwell | B |
| - | |
| My neighbor reads and prays | D |
| And I I laugh God wot | E |
| And sing like a bird when the grass is green | F |
| In my small garden plot | E |
| But ah he reads and prays | D |
| And I I laugh God wot | E |
| - | |
| His face is a book of woe | G |
| And mine is a song of glee | C |
| A slave he is to the great They say | H |
| But I I am bold and free | C |
| No wonder he smacks of woe | G |
| And I have the tang of glee | C |
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| My neighbor thinks me a fool | I |
| The same to yourself say I | J |
| Why take your books and take your prayers | K |
| Give me the open sky | J |
| My neighbor thinks me a fool | I |
| The same to yourself say I | J |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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