Dirge Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC DAADEE AA| When you were baptized as Gladys | A |
| Grandma used to call you ngbara adisi | A |
| In mockery she was fun | B |
| To be with always full of fun | B |
| That many years after her passing | C |
| The memories seem like yesterday just ending | C |
| - | |
| Today you've gone to join them | D |
| With her brothers and sisters | A |
| And stepbrothers and step sisters | A |
| Their parents and grand parents with them | D |
| Leaving us broken like reed | E |
| Mourning your going in our hour of need | E |
| - | |
| You've gone to prepare our place | A |
| When ready each will take his place | A |
Emmanuel Inya Otu-nwachi
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Poet's note: The poem continues the theme in Dirge 1 and recalls the past when the deceased cousin and how the mother deliberately mispronounced her baptismal name, Gladys which called "ngbara adisi" which means one year old in Afikpo dialect of Igbo. The poem also recalls the mother's humorous nature, and ends by saying she, like Jesus said, has gone ahead to prepare a place for the poet and the others.
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