Mandela@waterkloof Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AB CD EF G HG IJ KL JG B C MN OO CO PQ RG| The uniformed steps measured prepared rehearsed | A |
| Unlike our hearts the world | B |
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| The coffin disappointingly small | C |
| Perhaps rightfully so your life and laughter fill the globe | D |
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| You knew the value of loneliness whose quiet body was never left | E |
| since that Stygian night | F |
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| The Oryx stutters the voices roar as the sun fades away Sadder but our flag seems brighter our nation taller as we all were on that golden day in May | G |
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| Strangely our President smaller diming | H |
| and we all choke our tears away | G |
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| Life and laughter have ceased to hold office | I |
| In your superlative frame | J |
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| Heading for Qunu we ever so unprepared | K |
| Know you return was wished for inevitable | L |
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| The elders chant softly advising you who came | J |
| and why as if you did not know comforting and guiding us in this our darkest day | G |
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| Large larger the skyline closer the firmament nearer familiar faces defined connected fellow South Africans children of the world | B |
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| A humble aircraft a huge procession years too short carrying a powerful box of infinite proportion draped revered still and small | C |
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| The green hills of AbaThembu the mighty roar of Umgungundlovu | M |
| insignificant pale spent like death row and Robben island | N |
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| Where will they lay you who can cover you | O |
| what cave dare to hold you what successor can ever honour you | O |
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| The silence the tears out of place surreal small | C |
| like everything around you | O |
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| You have filled our hearts and minds and everything in between | P |
| Your bright smile and colossal heart surpassed only by our collective pride | Q |
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| Left with the pain the joy of knowing you a people now stronger and better | R |
| No nation will match us if only you could stay | G |
David Carolissen
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