The Dance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DADACC EFEFCC GHGHCC| Heel and toe heel and toe | A |
| That is the song we sing | B |
| Turn to your partner and curtsey low | A |
| Balance and forward and swing | B |
| Corners are draughty and meadows are white | C |
| This is the game for a winter's night | C |
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| Hands around hands around | D |
| Trip it and not too slow | A |
| Clear is the fiddle and sweet its sound | D |
| Keep the girls' cheeks aglow | A |
| Still let your movements be dainty and light | C |
| This is the game for a winter's night | C |
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| Back to back back to back | E |
| Turn to your place again | F |
| Never let lightness nor nimbleness lack | E |
| Either in maidens or men | F |
| Time hasteth ever beware of its flight | C |
| Oh what a game for a winter's night | C |
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| Slower now slower now | G |
| Softer the music sighs | H |
| Look there are beads on your partner's brow | G |
| Though there be light in her eyes | H |
| Lead her away and her grace requite | C |
| So goes the game on a winter's night | C |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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