To Bury A Kinsman Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFG GHGIJK LMNGLGGO PQOR STUSS| We wail and wait | A |
| Shriek jump and shout | B |
| Sing and slaughter | C |
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| We mourn the memories muted | D |
| And tease the motionless meat | E |
| Why didn't you notify us we ask | F |
| Wake up Wafula here's busaa | G |
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| Women wallop the utensils | G |
| They round the compound | H |
| Singing of sweet secrets | G |
| With him | I |
| And with exhaustion even | J |
| Their labour by the hearth | K |
| - | |
| Contemporaries crack | L |
| You're lying look at how you smile | M |
| And whom have you left her for | N |
| For relatives the corpse cuts | G |
| A kinsman has to be brought back | L |
| His memory must be mellowed in hearts | G |
| And so nocturnal dances | G |
| And Wafula's conceived multiply | O |
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| To bury a kinsman | P |
| Emotions wild and warm | Q |
| Debts dead and dry | O |
| Recounted and resolved | R |
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| A kinsman's death and burial | S |
| Is more meaningful than his birth | T |
| Why would Corona or kanjo | U |
| Think a kinsman's burial | S |
| Is a dog's funeral | S |
Denis Barasa
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