Noon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBADED FGGGHFCF GGGGIFFF CJGKGLCL| Shadder in de valley | A |
| Sunlight on de hill | B |
| Sut'ny wish dat locus' | C |
| Knowed how to be still | B |
| Don't de heat already | A |
| Mek a body hum | D |
| 'Dout dat insec' sayin' | E |
| Hottah days to come | D |
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| Fiel' 's a shinin' yaller | F |
| Wid de bendin' grain | G |
| Guinea hen a callin' | G |
| Now's de time fu' rain | G |
| Shet yo' mouf you rascal | H |
| Wha' 's de use to cry | F |
| You do' see no rain clouds | C |
| Up dah in de sky | F |
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| Dis hyeah sweat's been po'in' | G |
| Down my face sence dawn | G |
| Ain't hit time we 's hyeahin' | G |
| Dat ah dinnah ho'n | G |
| Go on Ben an' Jaspah | I |
| Lif yo' feet an' fly | F |
| Hit out fu' de shadder | F |
| Fo' I drap an' die | F |
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| Hongry lawd a' mussy | C |
| Hongry as a baih | J |
| Seems lak I hyeah dinnah | G |
| Callin' evahwhaih | K |
| Daih 's de ho'n a blowin' | G |
| Let dat cradle swing | L |
| One mo' sweep den da'kies | C |
| Beat me to de spring | L |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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