Rhythm, Rhyme, and Repetition

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As a class

"Harriet Tubman" by Eloise Greenfield

Harriet Tubman didn't take no stuff

Wasn't scared of nothing neither

Didn't come in this world to be no slave

And wasn't going to stay one either

"Farewell!" she sang to her friends one night

She was mighty sad to leave 'em

But she ran away that dark, hot night

Ran looking for her freedom

She ran to the woods and she ran through the woods

With the slave catchers right behind her

And she kept on going till she got to the North

Where those mean men couldn't find her

What is the impact on meaning of the rhyming words in the poem?

On your own

"Harriet Tubman" continued...

Nineteen times she went back South

To get three hundred others

She ran for her freedom nineteen times

To save Black sisters and brothers

Harriet Tubman didn't take no stuff

Wasn't scared of nothing neither

Didn't come in this world to be no slave

And didn't stay one either

A. The repetition of the phrase creates a musical rhythm in the first few lines of the stanza.

B. The repetition emphasizes how frequently Tubman traveled back to the South.

C. The repetition helps readers understand that "nineteen times" is the most important idea.

D. The repetition of the phrase highlights Tubman's determination and courage.