Protest Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDDDB DDDDDDDD EAEADDDA| Who say my hea't ain't true to you | A |
| Dey bettah heish dey mouf | B |
| I knows I loves you thoo an' thoo | C |
| In watah time er drouf | B |
| I wush dese people 'd stop dey talkin' | D |
| Don't mean no mo' dan chicken's squawkin' | D |
| I guess I knows which way I's walkin' | D |
| I knows de norf f'om souf | B |
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| I does not love Elizy Brown | D |
| I guess I knows my min' | D |
| You allus try to tek me down | D |
| Wid evaht'ing you fin' | D |
| Ef dese hyeah folks will keep on fillin' | D |
| Yo' haid wid nonsense an' you's willin' | D |
| I bet some day dey 'll be a killin' | D |
| Somewhaih along de line | D |
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| O' cose I buys de gal ice cream | E |
| Whut else I gwine to do | A |
| I knows jes' how de t'ing 'u'd seem | E |
| Ef I 'd be sho't wid you | A |
| On Sunday you's at chu'ch a shoutin' | D |
| Den all de week you go 'roun' poutin' | D |
| I's mighty tiahed o' all dis doubtin' | D |
| I tell you cause I's true | A |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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