Topic: The Old Ways Of Our People Has Been Neglected Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDD EFGHI JEKLMNH MOPQR STUVWO URW| Even though our old days was really ancient | A |
| It was still modern to us | B |
| Even though we had no health center | C |
| We took our herbs as our healing center | C |
| Even though we had no electricity then | D |
| Our lamps showed us a way out of every den | D |
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| The ways of our people have we neglected | E |
| Were eating with our neighbors has been our day to day life | F |
| Even Our activities are known in every town | G |
| Oh Were all cultures come together to display their traditions | H |
| And natural beauty of the female blacks are valued | I |
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| Were justice is known | J |
| and equity is treated | E |
| Corruption was never accepted | K |
| Tilling of the ground was our only means of survival | L |
| And respect was our first priority | M |
| Men were given opportunity to display their strength | N |
| And folktales were told to the young ones | H |
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| Oh Our native language was our priority | M |
| And our native names was our only name | O |
| Why Oh Why have we accept the the ways of the far country peoples | P |
| Which has cause our natural beauty to fade away | Q |
| Living us addicted to man's created things | R |
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| The strange ways has kept us in bondage | S |
| And cause unexpected deaths | T |
| Oh Technology has taken our attention away from our tradition | U |
| And trying to be like the strangers | V |
| Has make us to loss our mother's tongue | W |
| Even make us loss our real name | O |
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| Oh Our traditional dress code has been forgotten by this reason | U |
| Trying to be like them has cause us to forget many traditional things | R |
| Even our pride which is our mother's tongue | W |
Davidson Perfect
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