Accountability

Laurence Paul Dunbar

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Accountability Accountability FOLKS ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits; Him dat giv' de squir'ls de bushtails made de bobtails fu' de rabbits. Him dat built de gread big mountains hollered out de little valleys, Him dat made de streets an' driveways wasn't shamed to make de alleys. We is all constructed diff'ent, d'ain't no two of us de same; We cain't he'p ouah likes an' dislikes, ef we'se bad we ain't to blame. Ef we'se good, we need n't show off, case you bet it ain't ouah doin' We gits into su'ttain channels dat we jes' cain't he'p pu'suin'. But we all fits into places dat no othah ones could fill, An' we does the things we has to, big er little, good er ill. John cain't tek de place o' Henry, Su an' Sally ain't alike; Bass ain't nuthin' like a suckah, chub ain't nuthin' like a pike. When you come to think about it, how it's all planned out it's splendid. Nuthin's done er evah happens, 'dout hit's somefin' dat's intended; Don't keer whut you does, you has to, an' hit sholy beats de dickens,-- Viney, go put on de kittle, I got one o' mastah's chickens.
This is a worst poem in those Dunbar Laurence Paul poems I have read so far because I have no idea what it is about. Its tones, was read by Herbert Woodward Martin, was funny but I do not have any clued. Although Dunbar, Paul Laurence’s poems were favorite because of his Negro sounds which is showed in this poem, and this poem’s tone was very humorous. It’s sounded like a folk song, but the words are too difficult to understand because he made that mistake on purpose. Because those poems that I have read were have a slow rhyme and rhythm, this poem makes me have a different thought about him and his theme. A good poem has to have a good contain and rhyme. In contrast, “Accountability” only has a funny sound, but the words are hard for an nonnative English speakers to understand. That is why it is not a worse poem among his poems that I have read.	Enter content here
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