When De Co'n Pone's Hot Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDCDBECE FGGGHGGGCGCG CGCGGICIFGCG HHCHJCCCGGCG| Dey is times in life when Nature | A |
| Seems to slip a cog an' go | B |
| Jes' a rattlin' down creation | C |
| Lak an ocean's overflow | B |
| When de worl' jes' stahts a spinnin' | C |
| Lak a picaninny's top | D |
| An' yo' cup o' joy is brimmin' | C |
| 'Twell it seems about to slop | D |
| An' you feel jes' lak a racah | B |
| Dat is trainin' fu' to trot | E |
| When yo' mammy says de blessin' | C |
| An' de co'n pone's hot | E |
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| When you set down at de table | F |
| Kin' o' weary lak an' sad | G |
| An' you 'se jes' a little tiahed | G |
| An' purhaps a little mad | G |
| How yo' gloom tu'ns into gladness | H |
| How yo' joy drives out de doubt | G |
| When de oven do' is opened | G |
| An' de smell comes po'in' out | G |
| Why de 'lectric light o' Heaven | C |
| Seems to settle on de spot | G |
| When yo' mammy says de blessin' | C |
| An' de co'n pone's hot | G |
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| When de cabbage pot is steamin' | C |
| An' de bacon good an' fat | G |
| When de chittlins is a sputter'n' | C |
| So's to show you whah dey's at | G |
| Tek away yo' sody biscuit | G |
| Tek away yo' cake an' pie | I |
| Fu' de glory time is comin' | C |
| An' it's 'proachin' mighty nigh | I |
| An' you want to jump an' hollah | F |
| Dough you know you'd bettah not | G |
| When yo' mammy says de blessin' | C |
| An' de co'n pone's hot | G |
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| I have hyeahd a' lots o' sermons | H |
| An' I've hyeahd o' lots o' prayers | H |
| An I've listened to some singin' | C |
| Dat has tuck me up de stairs | H |
| Of de Glory Lan' an' set me | J |
| Jes' below de Mastah's th'one | C |
| An' have lef' my hea't a singin' | C |
| In a happy aftah tone | C |
| But dem wu'ds so sweetly murmured | G |
| Seem to tech de softes' spot | G |
| When my mammy says de blessin' | C |
| An' de co'n pone's hot | G |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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