Speakin' At De Cou't-house Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAACDAD DEAEFDED EGEGHAEA AIEJEEKE DLELEEME HEEEEGAGDey been speakin' at de cou't house | A |
An' laws a massy me | B |
'T was de beatness kin' o' doin's | A |
Dat evah I did see | A |
Of cose I had to be dah | C |
In de middle o' de crowd | D |
An' I hallohed wid de othahs | A |
Wen de speakah riz and bowed | D |
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I was kind o' disapp'inted | D |
At de smallness of de man | E |
Case I 'd allus pictered great folks | A |
On a mo' expansive plan | E |
But I t'ought I could respect him | F |
An' tek in de wo'ds he said | D |
Fu' dey sho was somp'n knowin' | E |
In de bald spot on his haid | D |
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But hit did seem so't o' funny | E |
Aftah waitin' fu' a week | G |
Dat de people kep' on shoutin' | E |
So de man des could n't speak | G |
De ho'ns dey blared a little | H |
Den dey let loose on de drums | A |
Some one toll me dey was playin' | E |
See de conkerin' hero comes | A |
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Well says I you all is white folks | A |
But you 's sutny actin' queer | I |
What's de use of heroes comin' | E |
Ef dey cain't talk w'en dey's here | J |
Aftah while dey let him open | E |
An' dat man he waded in | E |
An' he fit de wahs all ovah | K |
Winnin' victeries lak sin | E |
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Wen he come down to de present | D |
Den he made de feathahs fly | L |
He des waded in on money | E |
An' he played de ta'iff high | L |
An' he said de colah question | E |
Hit was ovah solved an' done | E |
Dat de dahky was his brothah | M |
Evah blessed mothah's son | E |
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Well he settled all de trouble | H |
Dat's been pesterin' de lan' | E |
Den he set down mid de cheerin' | E |
An' de playin' of de ban' | E |
I was feelin' moughty happy | E |
'Twell I hyeahed somebody speak | G |
Well dat's his side of de bus'ness | A |
But you wait for Jones nex' week | G |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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