Expectation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDCCC AEFEAGCH FCFCCICI CCJCKELE CMEMENLN| You 'll be wonderin' whut 's de reason | A |
| I 's a grinnin' all de time | B |
| An' I guess you t'ink my sperits | C |
| Mus' be feelin' mighty prime | B |
| Well I 'fess up I is tickled | D |
| As a puppy at his paws | C |
| But you need n't think I's crazy | C |
| I ain' laffin' 'dout a cause | C |
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| You's a wonderin' too I reckon | A |
| Why I does n't seem to eat | E |
| An' I notice you a lookin' | F |
| Lak you felt completely beat | E |
| When I 'fuse to tek de bacon | A |
| An' don' settle on de ham | G |
| Don' you feel no feah erbout me | C |
| Jes' keep eatin' an' be ca'm | H |
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| Fu' I's waitin' an' I's watchin' | F |
| 'Bout a little t'ing I see | C |
| D' othah night I's out a walkin' | F |
| An' I passed a 'simmon tree | C |
| Now I's whettin' up my hongry | C |
| An' I's laffin' fit to kill | I |
| Fu' de fros' done turned de 'simmons | C |
| An' de possum 's eat his fill | I |
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| He done go'ged hisse'f owdacious | C |
| An' he stayin' by de tree | C |
| Don' you know ol' Mistah Possum | J |
| Dat you gittin' fat fu' me | C |
| 'T ain't no use to try to 'spute it | K |
| 'Case I knows you's gittin' sweet | E |
| Wif dat 'simmon flavoh thoo you | L |
| So I's waitin' fu' yo' meat | E |
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| An' some ebenin' me an Towsah | C |
| Gwine to come an' mek a call | M |
| We jes' drap in onexpected | E |
| Fu' to shek yo' han' dat's all | M |
| Oh I knows dat you 'll be tickled | E |
| Seems lak I kin see you smile | N |
| So pu'haps I mought pu'suade you | L |
| Fu' to visit us a while | N |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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