Quod Autem Scriptum Est Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGHIJ KLMNE OPEQRES| The words we speak | A |
| Have the power | B |
| To build or to destroy | C |
| To make or mar | D |
| - | |
| And when spoken | E |
| Like the air we emit | F |
| Can never be recalled | G |
| Like the waves of the sea | H |
| That ripples send | I |
| Waves upon waves in the ocean deep | J |
| - | |
| In his cunning the strong man | K |
| May've said he's done and would retire | L |
| To his business to confuse his detractors or showcase | M |
| His altruism and selflessness to his ardent foot soldiers | N |
| But the words went out Carried by the waves Though given as a mechanism of defense and self preservation | E |
| - | |
| What's said has been said | O |
| Quod autem scriptum est | P |
| What's written is written | E |
| The afterthoughts like medicine after death | Q |
| Never would upturn the words uttered | R |
| This marks the beginning of the end and obliteration | E |
| Of beautiful legacies which would've outlived him | S |
Emmanuel Inya Otu-nwachi
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Poet's note: "Quod autem scriptum est" - What is written is written - were the words of Pontius Pilate to the Chief Priests on their complaint over the inscription on Jesus' cross. The poem by this title talks about the power in spoken words and the need to say what we mean and mean what we say because there is power in spoken words.
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