Funeral Poster Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCEFGAHFIJA FJKFKLMK FKAKFKJA KAANJAKDA| Looking at the face | A |
| Of the man on the poster | B |
| I put myself | C |
| In the dead man's shoe | D |
| I imagine myself | C |
| Like the man in the morgue | E |
| Lonely | F |
| Abandoned | G |
| Friendless | A |
| Naked | H |
| Empty | F |
| Unwanted | I |
| Ready for the earth | J |
| Good for only worms | A |
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| - | |
| It could be me | F |
| The proud earth | J |
| With intelligence and pride | K |
| Religious fundamentalism and bigotry | F |
| I a racial cum ethnic and political jingoist | K |
| Ready to fight and kill | L |
| For what I hold dear | M |
| Now left | K |
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| Lonely | F |
| Abandoned | K |
| Friendless | A |
| Naked | K |
| Empty | F |
| Unwanted | K |
| Ready for the earth | J |
| Good for only worms | A |
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| My good friend once wrote | K |
| Men do terrible things | A |
| To please their tribes | A |
| Races or religions but which | N |
| Throw them six feet below the earth | J |
| When their breath ceases | A |
| Or pile up wood | K |
| And roast them like barbecue | D |
| On a pier and burn them to useless ashes | A |
Emmanuel Inya Otu-nwachi
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Poet's note: The death of someone I know set me thinking about the futility of life and the uselessness of fighting religious or tribal or racial wars. When a warrior dies, he is no longer useful to the people he fought for. I suggest in the poem we should live in peace and not fight unnecessary wars.
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