A Voice From The Streets Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDC EFDGD HHIJH HKKLE EHM| From our cradle | A |
| We heard them cantillate the axiom | B |
| Education is the key to success | C |
| They meant well truthfully | D |
| For they dreaded our end in a mess | C |
| - | |
| In our ga v le Togo and kamegodi | E |
| We trekked to ab dzokpo | F |
| In a quest to get the key | D |
| On an empty stomach | G |
| We chanted ABCs and s in high key | D |
| - | |
| Davi Mansa sold her GTP cloths | H |
| To get us quills and parchments | H |
| We engaged in indentured labour | I |
| To stash some cash | J |
| Cash that only paid debts | H |
| - | |
| The teachers' whip didn't break us | H |
| It kissed our buttocks almost alway | K |
| We did not give up anyway | K |
| Until we were given the sheepskin | L |
| Hurray the dream is made | E |
| - | |
| Now the key we've got | E |
| And here we are on the streets | H |
| Where is the door | M |
Edem Kojo Obedie
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