Trouble In De Kitchen Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCCC DDDD CCEE| Dey was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot | A |
| De pot was des a bilin' an' de skillet sho' was hot | A |
| Dey slurred each othah's colah an' dey called each othah names | B |
| Wile de coal oil can des gu gled po'in oil erpon de flames | B |
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| De pot hit called de skillet des a flat disfiggered t'ing | C |
| An' de skillet 'plied dat all de pot could do was set an' sing | C |
| An' he 'lowed dat dey was 'lusions dat he wouldn't stoop to mek | C |
| 'Case he reckernize his juty an' he had too much at steak | C |
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| Well at dis de pot biled ovah case his tempah gittin' highah | D |
| An' de skillet got to sputterin' den de fat was in de fiah | D |
| Mistah flan lay daih smokin' an' a t'inkin' to hisse'f | D |
| Wile de peppah box us nudgin' of de gingah on de she'f | D |
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| Den dey all des lef hit to 'im 'bout de trouble an' de talk | C |
| An' howevah he decided w'y dey bofe 'u'd walk de chalk | C |
| But de fiah uz so 'sgusted how dey quoil an' dey shout | E |
| Dat he cooled 'em off I reckon w'en he puffed an' des went out | E |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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