The Looking-glass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDB EFEDGGGB ACACHHHC| Dinah stan' befo' de glass | A |
| Lookin' moughty neat | B |
| An' huh purty shadder sass | A |
| At huh haid an' feet | B |
| While she sasshay 'roun' an' bow | C |
| Smilin' den an' poutin' now | C |
| An' de lookin' glass I 'low | D |
| Say Now ain't she sweet | B |
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| All she do de glass it see | E |
| Hit des see no mo' | F |
| Seems to me hit ought to be | E |
| Drappin' on de flo' | D |
| She go w'en huh time git slack | G |
| Kissin' han's an' smilin' back | G |
| Lawsy how my lips go smack | G |
| Watchin' at de do' | B |
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| Wisht I was huh lookin' glass | A |
| Wen she kissed huh han' | C |
| Does you t'ink I 'd let it pass | A |
| Settin' on de stan' | C |
| No I'd des' fall down an' break | H |
| Kin' o' glad 't uz fu' huh sake | H |
| But de diffunce dat whut make | H |
| Lookin' glass an' man | C |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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