Drizzle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBAAAA CAAADECE CAAAFCGC DAHAFIAIHit 's been drizzlin' an' been sprinklin' | A |
Kin' o' techy all day long | B |
I ain't wet enough fu' toddy | C |
I 's too damp to raise a song | B |
An' de case have set me t'inkin' | A |
Dat dey 's folk des lak de rain | A |
Dat goes drizzlin' w'en dey's talkin' | A |
An' won't speak out flat an' plain | A |
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Ain't you nevah set an' listened | C |
At a body 'splain his min' | A |
W'en de t'oughts dey keep on drappin' | A |
Was n't big enough to fin' | A |
Dem 's whut I call drizzlin' people | D |
Othahs call 'em mealy mouf | E |
But de fust name hits me bettah | C |
Case dey nevah tech a drouf | E |
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Dey kin talk from hyeah to yandah | C |
An' f'om yandah hyeah ergain | A |
An' dey don' mek no mo' 'pression | A |
Den dis powd'ry kin' o' rain | A |
En yo' min' is dry ez cindahs | F |
Er a piece o' kindlin' wood | C |
'T ain't no use a talkin' to 'em | G |
Fu' dey drizzle ain't no good | C |
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Gimme folks dat speak out nachul | D |
Whut 'll say des whut dey mean | A |
Whut don't set dey wo'ds so skimpy | H |
Dat you got to guess between | A |
I want talk des' lak de showahs | F |
Whut kin wash de dust erway | I |
Not dat sprinklin' convusation | A |
Dat des drizzle all de day | I |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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