Rags And Riches Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFAG CHDG IFFG FCJA CKLM NOBP FFKQNigeria | A |
Nation of rags and riches | B |
An individual's wealth is greater | C |
And far above the common wealth | D |
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Land flowing with milk and honey | E |
Where the people are pauperized | F |
And feed from dust bins Nigeria | A |
Now the global poverty headquarters | G |
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The rich grow richer | C |
Cornering and converting | H |
National resources to personal wealth | D |
Stashing billions of dollars | G |
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In accursed foreign accounts | I |
At the citizens detriment | F |
Who groan under the weight of abject poverty | F |
Created by so called leaders | G |
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Fit to lead only animals but | F |
Who pitch us one against the other | C |
To kill one another like vile animals | J |
To promote their selfish and wicked agenda | A |
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Of holding power fore'er | C |
The youth are cajoled into submission | K |
With the ignoble title of leaders of tomorrow | L |
Yet that tomorrow never comes | M |
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The crooked elders the centre stage | N |
Like collosus have taken dominance | O |
No hope for the masses | B |
Are yet to realize | P |
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The real enemy | F |
Are those who claim to lead | F |
Whose only motivation | K |
Are greed and avarice | Q |
Emmanuel Inya Otu-nwachi
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Poet's note: The poem decries the corruption of political office holders and the impoverishment of the masses in Nigeria.
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