Nigeria Is Doomed! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFBEGHE IJKLEMN OJBPEQEBRN| I'm no prophet | A |
| My old man wasn't one | B |
| Neither do I belong | C |
| To any prophetic school | D |
| But from what I see | E |
| I've got to speak out | F |
| That we live in a nation | B |
| That loves its neighbours | E |
| More than itself | G |
| Sacrifices its people | H |
| To benefit others | E |
| - | |
| What's this that I hear | I |
| For Nigeria to sign an MoU | J |
| With Niger is the biggest embarrassment | K |
| Why Niger has no crude | L |
| Nigeria has | E |
| Nigeria sends crude to Niger | M |
| Niger refines and sends products to Nigeria | N |
| - | |
| Shame on them all | O |
| Shame on me for it's the worst time | J |
| To be a Nigerian | B |
| They have sold us off | P |
| Like fake commodities | E |
| The holy book said it long ago | Q |
| Those who utilize not their talents | E |
| Would have them taken | B |
| And given to those who have | R |
| This is Nigeria their Nigeria | N |
Emmanuel Inya Otu-nwachi
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Poet's note: Nigeria is among the highest crude oil producers in the world. But apart from being pauperized, Nigeria has no functional refineries and keeps importing refined oil at very exorbitant prices. Recently, Nigeria singed an MoU with Niger Republic to be importing refined oil from Niger which has just built a refinery. Niger has no crude and depends on Nigeria for crude. Not only that Niger hasn't the capacity that Nigeria has. Yet Nigeria is willing to import from Niger thereby enriching the country. The poem decries the attitude of Nigerian leaders who prefer to please her neighbours to the detriment of her own people.
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