The Seedling Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHG IJKJ LMKM KNAN ADND OPLP| As a quiet little seedling | A |
| Lay within its darksome bed | B |
| To itself it fell a talking | A |
| And this is what it said | B |
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| I am not so very robust | C |
| But I 'll do the best I can | D |
| And the seedling from that moment | E |
| Its work of life began | D |
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| So it pushed a little leaflet | F |
| Up into the light of day | G |
| To examine the surroundings | H |
| And show the rest the way | G |
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| The leaflet liked the prospect | I |
| So it called its brother Stem | J |
| Then two other leaflets heard it | K |
| And quickly followed them | J |
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| To be sure the haste and hurry | L |
| Made the seedling sweat and pant | M |
| But almost before it knew it | K |
| It found itself a plant | M |
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| The sunshine poured upon it | K |
| And the clouds they gave a shower | N |
| And the little plant kept growing | A |
| Till it found itself a flower | N |
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| Little folks be like the seedling | A |
| Always do the best you can | D |
| Every child must share life's labor | N |
| Just as well as every man | D |
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| And the sun and showers will help you | O |
| Through the lonesome struggling hours | P |
| Till you raise to light and beauty | L |
| Virtue's fair unfading flowers | P |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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