Reluctance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCCB DDBEEEB FGBBBBB HHBIIIB HHBDDDB JJBHHHB| Will I have some mo' dat pie | A |
| No ma'am thank ee dat is I | A |
| Bettah quit daihin' me | B |
| Dat ah pie look sutny good | C |
| How 'd you feel now ef I would | C |
| I don' reckon dat I should | C |
| Bettah quit daihin' me | B |
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| Look hyeah I gwine tell de truf | D |
| Mine is sholy one sweet toof | D |
| Bettah quit daihin' me | B |
| Yass'm yass'm dat's all right | E |
| I 's done tried to be perlite | E |
| But dat pie 's a lakly sight | E |
| Wha 's de use o' daihin' me | B |
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| My yo' lips is full an' red | F |
| Don't I wish you 'd tu'n yo' haid | G |
| Bettah quit daihin' me | B |
| Dat ain't faih now honey chile | B |
| I 's gwine lose my sense erwhile | B |
| Ef you des set daih an' smile | B |
| Bettah quit daihin' me | B |
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| Nuffin' don' look ha'f so fine | H |
| Ez dem teef deah w'en dey shine | H |
| Bettah quit daihin' me | B |
| Now look hyeah I tells you dis | I |
| I 'll give up all othah bliss | I |
| Des to have one little kiss | I |
| Bettah quit daihin' me | B |
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| Laws I teks yo' little han' | H |
| Ain't it tendah bless de lan' | H |
| Bettah quit daihin' me | B |
| I 's so lonesome by myse'f | D |
| 'D ain't no fun in livin' lef' | D |
| Dis hyeah life's ez dull ez def | D |
| Bettah quit daihin' me | B |
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| Why n't you tek yo' han' erway | J |
| Yass I 'll hol' it but I say | J |
| Bettah quit daihin' me | B |
| Holin' han's is sholy fine | H |
| Seems lak dat 's de weddin' sign | H |
| Wish you 'd say dat you 'd be mine | H |
| Dah you been daihin' me | B |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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