Speakin' O' Christmas Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDDBBEEFGHHIIJJ FFDDKKEEEEDDLLMMNNOO PPEEIIQRHHSSTTEEEEUU DDHH| Breezes blowin' middlin' brisk | A |
| Snow flakes thro' the air a whisk | A |
| Fallin' kind o' soft an' light | B |
| Not enough to make things white | B |
| But jest sorter siftin' down | C |
| So 's to cover up the brown | C |
| Of the dark world's rugged ways | D |
| 'N' make things look like holidays | D |
| Not smoothed over but jest specked | B |
| Sorter strainin' fur effect | B |
| An' not quite a gittin' through | E |
| What it started in to do | E |
| Mercy sakes it does seem queer | F |
| Christmas day is 'most nigh here | G |
| Somehow it don't seem to me | H |
| Christmas like it used to be | H |
| Christmas with its ice an' snow | I |
| Christmas of the long ago | I |
| You could feel its stir an' hum | J |
| Weeks an' weeks before it come | J |
| Somethin' in the atmosphere | F |
| Told you when the day was near | F |
| Did n't need no almanacs | D |
| That was one o' Nature's fac's | D |
| Every cottage decked out gay | K |
| Cedar wreaths an' holly spray | K |
| An' the stores how they were drest | E |
| Tinsel tell you could n't rest | E |
| Every winder fixed up pat | E |
| Candy canes an' things like that | E |
| Noah's arks an' guns an' dolls | D |
| An' all kinds o' fol de rols | D |
| Then with frosty bells a chime | L |
| Slidin' down the hills o' time | L |
| Right amidst the fun an' din | M |
| Christmas come a bustlin' in | M |
| Raised his cheery voice to call | N |
| Out a welcome to us all | N |
| Hale and hearty strong an' bluff | O |
| That was Christmas sure enough | O |
| Snow knee deep an' coastin' fine | P |
| Frozen mill ponds all ashine | P |
| Seemin' jest to lay in wait | E |
| Beggin' you to come an' skate | E |
| An' you 'd git your gal an' go | I |
| Stumpin' cheerily thro' the snow | I |
| Feelin' pleased an' skeert an' warm | Q |
| 'Cause she had a holt yore arm | R |
| Why when Christmas come in we | H |
| Spent the whole glad day in glee | H |
| Havin' fun an' feastin' high | S |
| An' some courtin' on the sly | S |
| Bustin' in some neighbor's door | T |
| An' then suddenly before | T |
| He could give his voice a lift | E |
| Yellin' at him Christmas gift | E |
| Now sich things are never heard | E |
| Merry Christmas is the word | E |
| But it's only change o' name | U |
| An' means givin' jest the same | U |
| There 's too many new styled ways | D |
| Now about the holidays | D |
| I 'd jest like once more to see | H |
| Christmas like it used to be | H |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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