The Arit Of My Survival. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FEGHEI JKLEK MAANOG OPQRPRS P TPP| who cares what the | A |
| plate thinks | B |
| when our watery stew is | C |
| outshined by the deluge | D |
| of Ewedu | E |
| - | |
| or when the tyrant dominance | F |
| of okra draws our appetite | E |
| away from the art of hunger | G |
| but whenever we refuse such | H |
| dinner the day took years to | E |
| break | I |
| - | |
| and the wiggle dance made by | J |
| platyhelminthes at the ptyalin | K |
| arrival of rice | L |
| may poverty not make you | E |
| a vegetarian | K |
| - | |
| when in rainless year we seek | M |
| for water leaf to push down the | A |
| evil growing on the head of Eba | A |
| but mama's proteinous love took | N |
| us away from the ward of | O |
| kwashiorkor | G |
| - | |
| so If at all I forget the teat of | O |
| my source | P |
| the Arit of my survival | Q |
| if at all I sleep my aims negligently | R |
| on riverbeds | P |
| please don't wake me | R |
| an Uhmana will | S |
| - | |
| Meaning of Cultural Used words | P |
| - | |
| Ewedu A Yoruba vegetable soup | T |
| Eba A solid food made from Garri cassava flakes | P |
| Arit Uhmana my mom's names | P |
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