Phyllis Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABA ACACA ADADA| Phyllis ah Phyllis my life is a gray day | A |
| Few are my years but my griefs are not few | B |
| Ever to youth should each day be a May day | A |
| Warm wind and rose breath and diamonded dew | B |
| Phyllis ah Phyllis my life is a gray day | A |
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| Oh for the sunlight that shines on a May day | A |
| Only the cloud hangeth over my life | C |
| Love that should bring me youth's happiest heyday | A |
| Brings me but seasons of sorrow and strife | C |
| Phyllis ah Phyllis my life is a gray day | A |
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| Sunshine or shadow or gold day or gray day | A |
| Life must be lived as our destinies rule | D |
| Leisure or labor or work day or play day | A |
| Feasts for the famous and fun for the fool | D |
| Phyllis ah Phyllis my life is a gray day | A |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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