Zaza, The Female Slave Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABACDEDDD FGEGHIFIAA CJKJLGCGAA MFNFOPEPAA| O my country my country | A |
| How long I for thee | A |
| Far over the mountain | B |
| Far over the sea | A |
| Where the sweet Joliba | C |
| Kisses the shore | D |
| Say shall I wander | E |
| By thee never more | D |
| Where the sweet Joliba kisses the shore | D |
| Say shall I wander by thee never more | D |
| - | |
| Say O fond Zurima | F |
| Where dost thou stay | G |
| Say doth another | E |
| List to thy sweet lay | G |
| Say doth the orange still | H |
| Bloom near our cot | I |
| Zurima Zurima | F |
| Am I forgot | I |
| O my country my country how long I for thee | A |
| Far over the mountain far over the sea | A |
| - | |
| Under the baobab | C |
| Oft have I slept | J |
| Fanned by sweet breezes | K |
| That over me swept | J |
| Often in dreams | L |
| Do my weary limbs lay | G |
| 'Neath the same baobab | C |
| Far far away | G |
| O my country my country how long I for thee | A |
| Far over the mountain far over the sea | A |
| - | |
| O for the breath | M |
| Of our own waving palm | F |
| Here as I languish | N |
| My spirit to calm | F |
| O for a draught | O |
| From our own cooling lake | P |
| Brought by sweet mother | E |
| My spirit to wake | P |
| O my country my country how long I for thee | A |
| Far over the mountain far over the sea | A |
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