Forbearance Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF AGHIJDKL AMANOP QRSDATU AMAVVWXX| How long would man forbear | A |
| The oppression of the wicked | B |
| The incessant lack and want | C |
| Which casts clouds over days of one's life | D |
| The longing and waiting for love | E |
| That forever may never be won | F |
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| How long may we forbear | A |
| The feelings of pain from cradle to grave | G |
| Pandemics of man made and nature inflicts | H |
| Today we fold our arms in prayers | I |
| To heavens having hopes for heaves of relief and answers to questions long surround our fate | J |
| What more is there to life | D |
| If we lived in isolation dragging our feet on penury path today and | K |
| Face sudden demise at the break of dawn | L |
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| How long would man forbear | A |
| The scorching of the sun at the breaking | M |
| of backs from weight of labour | A |
| The breaking of heart by infidelity and promiscuity of the ones we loved | N |
| The unending betrayals lies and indifference from the tables of our elites | O |
| The inequality that keeps the world apart | P |
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| What is delightful in a world of conflict | Q |
| A world torn apart by vices and crisis | R |
| Yesterday man up against his fellow | S |
| Today a husband at throat with his wife | D |
| While the children watch livid with fear | A |
| Tomorrow an infectious society stands | T |
| poised on the shoulders of these poorly young breeds to repeat the circle again and again | U |
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| What more may we not FORBEAR | A |
| The incessant deaths of our prime loved ones as greed and religion clashes unending | M |
| What more may we not FORBEAR | A |
| A failed solemnity | V |
| The hardship that stares in the face of the minority | V |
| An unending tale tale stories of leaders sick at heart and tongue | W |
| Or a foe in disguise of a friend | X |
| What more lay in wait to forbear at the dawn of Covid | X |
Ekene Eunice
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