Segregation Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCC DEFEGG HIHIBB CJCJKK BLBMNN| I stood beside the silken rope | A |
| Five dollars in my hand | B |
| And waited in my patient hope | A |
| To sit anear the Band | B |
| And hear the famous Louie play | C |
| The best hot trumpet of today | C |
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| And then a waiter loafing near | D |
| Says in a nasty tone | E |
| Old coon we don't want darkies here | F |
| Beat it before you're thrown | E |
| So knowin' nothin' I could do | G |
| I turned to go and there was Lou | G |
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| I think he slapped that Dago's face | H |
| His voice was big an' loud | I |
| An' then he leads me from my place | H |
| Through all that tony crowd | I |
| World famous Louie by the hand | B |
| Took me to meet his famous Band | B |
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| Listen you folks I heard him say | C |
| Here's Grand papa what's come | J |
| Savin' he teached me how to play | C |
| I mighta been a bum | J |
| Come on Grand pop git up an' show | K |
| How you kin trumpet Ol' Black Joe | K |
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| Tremblin' I played before his Band | B |
| You should have heard the cheers | L |
| Them swell folks gave me such a hand | B |
| My cheeks was wet wi' tears | M |
| An' now I'm off to tell the wife | N |
| The proudest night o' all ma life | N |
Robert William Service
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