The News Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBB BBDD EEBB FGHI| Whut dat you whisperin' keepin' f'om me | A |
| Don't shut me out 'cause I 's ol' an' can't see | A |
| Somep'n's gone wrong dat 's a causin' you dread | B |
| Don't be afeared to tell Whut mastah dead | B |
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| Somebody brung de news early to day | C |
| One of de sojers he led do you say | C |
| Did n't he foller whah ol' mastah lead | B |
| How kin he live w'en his leadah is dead | B |
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| Let me lay down awhile dah by his bed | B |
| I wants to t'ink hit ain't cleah in my head | B |
| Killed while a leadin' his men into fight | D |
| Dat 's whut you said ain't it did I hyeah right | D |
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| Mastah my mastah dead dah in de fiel' | E |
| Lif me up some dah jes' so I kin kneel | E |
| I was too weak to go wid him dey said | B |
| Well now I 'll fin' him so mastah is dead | B |
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| Yes suh I 's comin' ez fas' ez I kin | F |
| Twas kin' o' da'k but hit 's lightah agin | G |
| P'omised yo' pappy I 'd allus tek keer | H |
| Of you yes mastah I 's follerin' hyeah | I |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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