The Bowl Of Contentment Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFGH IJKLC MNO BPFQ RSTN UULVN| Oh Africa You have baked me black | A |
| In the oven of your Sahara | B |
| The attribute of resilience | C |
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| You have quenched my thirst | D |
| In the bowl of your Nile | E |
| You have elevated me | F |
| On the pinnacle of Kilimanjaro | G |
| Showing me the vastness of your endowments | H |
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| I'm drowning in the luxuries of your Mediterranean | I |
| I'm lying drunk upon your horns | J |
| The remaining bowls of wine | K |
| Meant to chill the heat of corruption within you | L |
| And to heal the scars of bad governance | C |
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| You have fed with contentment | M |
| And the gratitude of your red soil | N |
| Has filled my basket with grains | O |
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| I know now what you are Africa | B |
| The happiness that blooms our heart | P |
| A small bird singing on a mango tree | F |
| As visioned by papa Abioseh Nicol | Q |
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| Africa you are like beads tied around my waist | R |
| Meant to diminish my wants abroad | S |
| Where brothers long to plough | T |
| Ignorant of the beauty of your soil | N |
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| But I will tell them | U |
| I will tell them | U |
| To appreciate the beauty within you | L |
| To summon courage in their leftover minds | V |
| And revive your dying soil | N |
Dauda Tholley
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