Foolin' Wid De Seasons Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABACBBB BADABABA BEBEFFGF BBDBFBBB BBBBDHFH AAHABHAH| Seems lak folks is mighty curus | A |
| In de way dey t'inks an' ac's | A |
| Dey jes' spen's dey days a mixin' | B |
| Up de t'ings in almanacs | A |
| Now I min' my nex' do' neighbour | C |
| He's a mighty likely man | B |
| But he nevah t'inks o' nuffin | B |
| 'Ceptin' jes' to plot an' plan | B |
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| All de wintah he was plannin' | B |
| How he 'd gethah sassafras | A |
| Jes' ez soon ez evah Springtime | D |
| Put some greenness in de grass | A |
| An' he 'lowed a little soonah | B |
| He could stan' a coolah breeze | A |
| So 's to mek a little money | B |
| F'om de sugah watah trees | A |
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| In de summah he 'd be waihin' | B |
| Out de linin' of his soul | E |
| Try 'n' ca'ci'late an' fashion | B |
| How he 'd git his wintah coal | E |
| An' I b'lieve he got his jedgement | F |
| Jes' so tuckahed out an' thinned | F |
| Dat he t'ought a robin's whistle | G |
| Was de whistle of de wind | F |
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| Why won't folks gin up dey plannin' | B |
| An' jes' be content to know | B |
| Dat dey 's gittin' all dat's fu' dem | D |
| In de days dat come an' go | B |
| Why won't folks quit movin' forrard | F |
| Ain't hit bettah jes' to stan' | B |
| An' be satisfied wid livin' | B |
| In de season dat 's at han' | B |
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| Hit 's enough fu' me to listen | B |
| W'en de birds is singin' 'roun' | B |
| 'Dout a guessin' whut 'll happen | B |
| W'en de snow is on de groun' | B |
| In de Springtime an' de summah | D |
| I lays sorrer on de she'f | H |
| An' I knows ol' Mistah Wintah | F |
| Gwine to hustle fu' hisse'f | H |
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| We been put hyeah fu' a pu'pose | A |
| But de questun dat has riz | A |
| An' made lots o' people diffah | H |
| Is jes' whut dat pu'pose is | A |
| Now accordin' to my reas'nin' | B |
| Hyeah's de p'int whaih I 's arriv | H |
| Sence de Lawd put life into us | A |
| We was put hyeah fu' to live | H |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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