Jones's Private Argyment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAAC DEDDF GHGG IAJJA KHKKH CHCCH AEAGE LHLLH GMGGM NHNNH F

That air same Jones which lived in JonesA
He had this pint about himB
He'd swear with a hundred sighs and groansA
That farmers MUST stop gittin' loansA
And git along without 'emC
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That bankers warehousemen and sichD
Was fatt'nin' on the planterE
And Tennessy was rotten richD
A raisin' meat and corn all whichD
Draw'd money to AtlantaF
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And the only thing says Jones to doG
Is eat no meat that's boughtenH
But tear up every I O UG
And plant all corn and swear for trueG
To quit a raisin' cotton '-
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Thus spouted Jones whar folks could hearI
At Court and other gatherin'sA
And thus kep' spoutin' many a yearJ
Proclaimin' loudly far and nearJ
Sich fiddlesticks and blatherin'sA
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But one all fired sweatin' dayK
It happened I was hoein'H
My lower corn field which it layK
'Longside the road that runs my wayK
Whar I can see what's goin'H
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And a'ter twelve o'clock had comeC
I felt a kinder faggin'H
And laid myself un'neath a plumC
To let my dinner settle sumC
When 'long come Jones's wagginH
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And Jones was settin' in it SOA
A readin' of a paperE
His mules was goin' powerful slowA
Fur he had tied the lines ontoG
The staple of the scraperE
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The mules they stopped about a rodL
From me and went to feedin'H
'Longside the road upon the sodL
But Jones which he had tuck a todL
Not knowin' kept a readin'H
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And presently says he Hit's trueG
That Clisby's head is levelM
Thar's one thing farmers all must doG
To keep themselves from goin' tewG
Bankruptcy and the devilM
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More corn more corn MUST plant less groundN
And MUSTN'T eat what's boughtenH
Next year they'll do it reasonin's soundN
And cotton will fetch 'bout a dollar a poundN
THARFORE I'LL plant ALL cottonH
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Macon GeorgiaF

Sidney Lanier



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