Puttin' The Baby Away Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABCDDEE FFCABBEE DGAACCHH AAFFBBBB HHABBBAA

Eight of 'em hyeah all tol' an' yetA
Dese eyes o' mine is wringin' wetA
My haht's a achin' ha'd an' so'B
De way hit nevah ached befo'C
My soul's a pleadin' Lawd give backD
Dis little lonesome baby blackD
Dis one dis las' po' he'pless oneE
Whose little race was too soon runE
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Po' Little Jim des fo' yeahs ol'F
A layin' down so still an' col'F
Somehow hit don' seem ha'dly faihC
To have my baby lyin' daihA
Wi'dout a smile upon his faceB
Wi'dout a look erbout de placeB
He ust to be so full o' funE
Hit don' seem right dat all's done doneE
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Des eight in all but I don' caihD
Dey wa'nt a single one to spaihG
De worl' was big so was my hahtA
An' dis hyeah baby owned hit's pahtA
De house was po' dey clothes was roughC
But daih was meat an' meal enoughC
An' daih was room fu' little JimH
Oh Lawd what made you call fu' himH
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It do seem monst'ous ha'd to dayA
To lay dis baby boy awayA
I'd learned to love his teasin' smileF
He mought o' des been lef' erwhileF
You wouldn't t'ought wid all de folksB
Dat's roun' hyeah mixin' teahs an' jokesB
De Lawd u'd had de time to seeB
Dis chile an' tek him 'way f'om meB
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But let it go I reckon JimH
'Ll des go right straight up to HimH
Dat took him f'om his mammy's nestA
An' lef dis achin' in my breas'B
An' lookin' in dat fathah's faceB
An' 'memberin' dis lone sorrerin' placeB
He'll say Good Lawd you ought to hadA
Do sumpin' fu' to comfo't dadA

Paul Laurence Dunbar



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