Rags And Riches Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFAG CHDG IFFG FCJA CKLM NOBP FFKQ| Nigeria | A |
| Nation of rags and riches | B |
| An individual's wealth is greater | C |
| And far above the common wealth | D |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| The rich grow richer | C |
| Cornering and converting | H |
| National resources to personal wealth | D |
| Stashing billions of dollars | G |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| The crooked elders the centre stage | N |
| Like collosus have taken dominance | O |
| No hope for the masses | B |
| Are yet to realize | P |
| - | |
| 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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