The Debt Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EFGH| This is the debt I pay | A |
| Just for one riotous day | A |
| Years of regret and grief | B |
| Sorrow without relief | B |
| - | |
| Pay it I will to the end | C |
| Until the grave my friend | C |
| Gives me a true release | D |
| Gives me the clasp of peace | D |
| - | |
| Slight was the thing I bought | E |
| Small was the debt I thought | F |
| Poor was the loan at best | G |
| God but the interest | H |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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