Whip-poor-will And Katy-did Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB AAAAAA DDEAAE AAEAAE| Slow de night 's a fallin' | A |
| An' I hyeah de callin | A |
| Out erpon de lonesome hill | B |
| Soun' is moughty dreary | C |
| Solemn lak an' skeery | C |
| Sayin' fu' to whip po' Will | B |
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| Now hit 's moughty tryin' | A |
| Fu' to hyeah dis cryin' | A |
| 'Deed hit 's mo' den I kin stan' | A |
| Sho' wid all our slippin' | A |
| Dey 's enough of whippin' | A |
| 'Dout a bird a'visin' any man | A |
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| In de noons o' summah | D |
| Dey 's anothah hummah | D |
| Sings anothah song instid | E |
| An' his th'oat 's a swellin' | A |
| Wid de joy o' tellin' | A |
| But he says dat Katy did | E |
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| Now I feels onsuhtain | A |
| Won't you raise de cu'tain | A |
| Ovah all de ti'ngs dat 's hid | E |
| W'y dat feathahed p'isen | A |
| Goes erbout a visin' | A |
| Whippin' Will w'en Katy did | E |
Paul Laurence Dunbar
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