Hope Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDD EFEFDDCC CDCFGGDD| De dog go howlin' 'long de road | A |
| De night come shiverin' down | B |
| My back is tiahed of its load | A |
| I cain't be fu' f'om town | B |
| No mattah ef de way is long | C |
| My haht is swellin' wid a song | C |
| No mattah 'bout de frownin' skies | D |
| I'll soon be home to see my Lize | D |
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| My shadder staggah on de way | E |
| It's monstous col' to night | F |
| But I kin hyeah my honey say | E |
| W'y bless me if de sight | F |
| O' you ain't good fu' my so' eyes | D |
| Dat talk's dis lak my lady Lize | D |
| I's so'y case de way was long | C |
| But Lawd you bring me love an' song | C |
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| No mattah ef de way is long | C |
| An' ef I trimbles so' | D |
| I knows de fiah's burnin' strong | C |
| Behime my Lizy's do' | F |
| An' daih my res' an' joy shell be | G |
| Whaih my ol' wife's awaitin' me | G |
| Why what I keer fu' stingin' blas' | D |
| I see huh windah light at las' | D |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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