Foolin' Wid De Seasons Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABACBBB BADABABA BEBEFFGF BBDBFBBB BBBBDHFH AAHABHAHSeems 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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