The Plantation Child's Lullaby Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCADA AEFGHFHH AFAFAHHH IHAHIHAH AFHFAAAA| Wintah time hit comin' | A |
| Stealin' thoo de night | B |
| Wake up in the mo'nin' | A |
| Evah t'ing is white | B |
| Cabin lookin' lonesome | C |
| Stannin' in de snow | A |
| Meks you kin' o' nervous | D |
| Wen de win' hit blow | A |
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| Trompin' back from feedin' | A |
| Col' an' wet an' blue | E |
| Homespun jacket ragged | F |
| Win' a blowin' thoo | G |
| Cabin lookin' cheerful | H |
| Unnerneaf de do' | F |
| Yet you kin' o' keerful | H |
| Wen de win' hit blow | H |
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| Hickory log a blazin' | A |
| Light a lookin' red | F |
| Faith o' eyes o' peepin' | A |
| 'Rom a trun'le bed | F |
| Little feet a patterin' | A |
| Cleak across de flo' | H |
| Bettah had be keerful | H |
| Wen de win' hit blow | H |
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| Suppah done an' ovah | I |
| Evah t'ing is still | H |
| Listen to de snowman | A |
| Slippin' down de hill | H |
| Ashes on de fiah | I |
| Keep it wa'm but low | H |
| What's de use o' keerin' | A |
| Ef de win' do blow | H |
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| Smoke house full o' bacon | A |
| Brown an' sweet an' good | F |
| Taters in de cellah | H |
| 'Possum roam de wood | F |
| Little baby snoozin' | A |
| Des ez ef he know | A |
| What's de use o' keerin' | A |
| Ef de win' do blow | A |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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