A War All The Women Fought (the Aba Riot Of 1929) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGDHIJKLMNOPPMF QRSTJUVWXYP| Pooh pooh pooh | A |
| Did you heard that | B |
| That was the sound of bullets | C |
| The gunshots of the British soldiers | D |
| On a sun bleached morning of November | E |
| At the eastern heavens of my country | F |
| A day the embittered toothless sheep | G |
| Grew teeth and bitted the colonial masters | D |
| The race then was taken by the cripples | H |
| And the swift ones turned flying and flying | I |
| For nine or ten hours on a dull cloudy day | J |
| They bound their breasts and chased the warrant | K |
| chiefs | L |
| It was a war fought by all Ibibio and Igbo women | M |
| Was though of stones and palm leaves | N |
| As they marched on with their mocking song | O |
| If we catch them we will sit down on them | P |
| If we catch them we will sit down on them | P |
| But it was a fight for light of salvation | M |
| For the land of the igbos as a society | F |
| Against the abuse of widows in the villages | Q |
| The darkness of corruption of whites' indirect rule | R |
| From the big taxes their past mothers never paid | S |
| It was a stepping on a struggling snake battle | T |
| And on the night that darkened that dormy day | J |
| Some pots lost their cooks at the Ewanga Opobo | U |
| And their children rained many tears | V |
| For their patriotic blood been splattered | W |
| On the day when you will tell this story again | X |
| Remember to doff your hat for Nwa'anyeruwa | Y |
| Remember to hail Nwago Nnete and Udoma | P |
Adebayo Sir Toby
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