Lover's Lane Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABBBBB CBCBBBBB DBDBEEEB FBFBEEEB EBEBGGGB| Summah night an' sighin' breeze | A |
| 'Long de lovah's lane | B |
| Frien'ly shadder mekin' trees | A |
| 'Long de lovah's lane | B |
| White folks' wo'k all done up gran' | B |
| Me an' 'Mandy han' in han' | B |
| Struttin' lak we owned de lan' | B |
| 'Long de lovah's lane | B |
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| Owl a settin' 'side de road | C |
| 'Long de lovah's lane | B |
| Lookin' at us lak he knowed | C |
| Dis uz lovah's lane | B |
| Go on hoot yo' mou'nful tune | B |
| You ain' nevah loved in June | B |
| An' come hidin' f'om de moon | B |
| Down in lovah's lane | B |
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| Bush it ben' an' nod an' sway | D |
| Down in lovah's lane | B |
| Try'n' to hyeah me whut I say | D |
| 'Long de lovah's lane | B |
| But I whispahs low lak dis | E |
| An' my 'Mandy smile huh bliss | E |
| Mistah Bush he shek his fis' | E |
| Down in lovah's lane | B |
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| Whut I keer ef day is long | F |
| Down in lovah's lane | B |
| I kin allus sing a song | F |
| 'Long de lovah's lane | B |
| An' de wo'ds I hyeah an' say | E |
| Meks up fu' de weary day | E |
| Wen I's strollin' by de way | E |
| Down in lovah's lane | B |
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| An' dis t'ought will allus rise | E |
| Down in lovah's lane | B |
| Wondah whethah in de skies | E |
| Dey 's a lovah's lane | B |
| Ef dey ain't I tell you true | G |
| 'Ligion do look mighty blue | G |
| 'Cause I do' know whut I 'd do | G |
| 'Dout a lovah's lane | B |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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